Ahh, Happy Birthday to your Grandmother. I'm sure she's very proud of you.

Photos (I&II) by Tom Copi / Photo (III) by Chuck Koton

"I've talked with other guys about that. They said, 'Yeah, I've experienced that once or twice.' But not all the time. It just happens for a while. But I love those things. And I am still playing at a high level now."

Photo by Giuseppe Pino

"Some people felt certain entities had it in for Gigi because he was always propagating his beliefs to musicians about owning their own music, which was kind of unheard of back then."

Yeah, he did a couple records with Anla. He moved to the US I think, haven't heard anything from him in a while. Nick Mott is making a new record which I'm really looking forward to. Daniel has his own design business. I LOVE their records, one of my favourite bands.

"It helped us to learn that one just has to play what one wants, without concern for what's going on outside of making the music."

Photo (I) by Luisa Cairati / Photo (II) by Carlo Verri

"'Why do you play that way' or 'what are you doing?' Musicians like Eric Dolphy were attacked with those same questions, but there were those on the other side [especially in Europe] who said 'just play that way, do what you want.'"

Photo by Guy Fonck