You have to be on at every moment. Every limb is doing something. There's no rest and no time to recoup your energy. After one hour you're totally expended. He pauses, then notes how important it is to take fresh directions.
Life is too short to beat dead horses.
When a certain project has spiritually and musically lived out its life, then it's time to put it to bed. On the other hand, if the music is still exciting and vital, I'll make as many records as it takes for it to run its course. While Hunter played a number of duo dates over the years with his San Francisco Bay rhythm mate Amendola, when the guitarist moved to Brooklyn in late 1997, he set out to find a simpatico drummer to jam with. What better place to start than Leon Parker, who kept the beat steady in pianist Jacky Terrasson's trio as well as released a couple excellent discs for Colombia as a leader. I thought he'd be the perfect person to work with on a Duo album.