In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.

The first Company concert was a single concert with a quartet who all knew each other, although they didn't play together regularly.

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence

His absence affects me. We have a great partnership, and we were really hoping to play together in this tournament. We'll miss him a lot but it gives someone else in the team a chance to show what they can do.

Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the free improvised area and work with people who are probably improvisers but they have a particular way of working.

I don't research anything.