In the CD jacket, there is a quote from Pollock's wife, Lee Krasner, on Jackson's high interest in listening to jazz records. He thought it was the only other really creative thing happening. I like to think that Pollock was thinking through new dripping and splashing techniques for his upcoming paintings. I like to think that Pollock would quiteoften play some of his jazz records while he was hovering above his canvases. Certainly, music inspired him.
Music conveys profound emotions, which trigger thoughts.
It transmits sensations and wit, and even can describe things. It exercises the ability to be attentive and therefore promotes concentration. It stimulates the imagination. The idea was to bring a diversity of thinking habits together to ideate without any criticism being leveled at any idea. The refining of mixing, matching, and editing was left to subsequent meetings.