And I wouldn't compare the two of you. I don't think I sound anything like him. But I understand that, because if you mention that idiom, you almost have to mention that. Right, just in terms of you being two avant-garde jazz piano players. The average jazz listener who's not too familiar with the avant-garde side of it might hear it that way.
Some people listen very superficially.
They get out of it that there's a lot of density and dissonance. If they get that, then they say, you know, you're out of Cecil Taylor. If you want to describe me as a turn of the century American pianist, I play turn of the century American piano music. Even with your music with Ware, I feel I'm on more familiar territory than your solo work. Oh, it's different worlds.