Joseph Jarman

The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening.

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit.

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.

You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.

So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do.

Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.