The Free Jazz Collective: Devin Gray

Photo (c) Cristina Marx / Photomusix

What is your greatest joy in improvised music?

Knowing that it will be something new every single time.
What quality do you most admire in the musicians you perform with?

The amount of sincerity going into making music.
Which historical musician/composer do you admire the most?

Henry Threadgill
If you could resurrect a musician to perform with, who would it be?

Peter Brötzmann
What would you still like to achieve musically in your life?

More presence of my musical choices.
Are you interested in popular music and - if yes - what music/artist do you particularly like

Solange Knowles
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

More focus
Which of your albums are you most proud of?

Relative Resonance (2015 Skirl Records)
Once an album of yours is released, do you still listen to it? And how often?

I don’t actively listen to it, unless I’d need to restudy either a compositional approach, or an improvisational passage.
Which album (from any musician) have you listened to the most in your life?

Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard (again)
What are you listening to at the moment?

A playlist full of only 2023 releases, its hard to keep up with how much great music is out there!
What artist outside music inspires you?

Salvador Dali, Werner Herzog, William S Burroughs