Loop 2.4.3 - staying in the loop

The session with Chick Corea was tremendously insightful as he, Fred Sherry, Ida Kavafian, Billy Childs, and Phillip Ying reminisced about past collaborations. This was heavily focused on Corea's album, Leprechaun, on which he first wrote for strings. The cross-pollination of jazz and classical music/performance was a big part of the discussion. This was meant as a 'moderated discussion', in that there was someone there to ask questions and direct the conversation. It somehow seemed more natural though, and more interesting, to let the musicians wax nostalgic on their prolific careers. Chick even talked about playing with Miles and Miles' approach to dealing with his collaborators' input. It seems that in performance Miles always let his players do their thing, even when he didn't like what they were doing. He let people find themselves and define themselves - he was responsible for himself and led by demonstration...I would imagine that you didn't get called for the next tour though if you weren't smokin'!