(I won't mention Derek Bailey. Whoops! I just did - I'll get me coat).

I absolutely love Derek Bailey - easily my favourite guitarist of all time. Way back in the day it seemed the Free Improvisation Scene spent more time theorising than playing. Once, the magazine MUSICS ran a feature in which various improvising musicians were asked: What happens to time and the awareness of time during improvisation? thus prompting various answers some running to several pages of intense philosophy. Ever the pragmatist, Derek's reply was: The ticks turn into tocks and the tocks turn into ticks. On another occasion (I forget the question) his published reply was Whatever happened to the 'I just play, man!' man?. A lovely man who played beautiful, beautiful music.

For those who don't know:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XE2N4mxeRw