A trent'anni dalla scomparsa di John Stevens (1940-1994) si riunisce stasera al Cafe Oto londinese un bel gruppo di amici, collaboratori, allievi e studiosi per celebrarne il ricordo e rilanciarne gli insegnamenti: Maggie Nicols e John Butcher, Dee Bynre e Caius Williams, Phil Durrant e Mark Wastell - quest'ultimo con una bella storia da raccontare sul gran tamburo del Maestro a lungo creduto perduto e invece ritrovato - e con loro David Toop e Tony Herrington: Another Little Life.
“Music is a chance for self development, it is another little life in which it is easier to develop the art of giving, an art which makes you more joyous the more you practice it. The thing that matters most in group music is the relationship between those taking part. The closer the relationship the greater the spiritual warmth it generates, and if the musicians manage to give wholly to each other and to the situation they’re in, then the sound of the music takes care of itself. Good and Bad become simply a question of how much the musicians are giving, that’s the music’s form.” (John Stevens)