"My ambition is to be unrecognizable, and that's not easy...
When you listen to Dexter Gordon, it's the Dexter sound... My
ambition is not to be recognized. I would like to play
whatever style I choose and play it well.
Every time I play, I want to play different, and
well that's not easy. IT'S EASY TO PLAY WELL WHEN
YOU PLAY IN A CERTAIN STYLE, IN A CERTAIN MANNER, BUT
IT'S NOT EASY TO PLAY IN 50 DIFFERENT STYLES AND BE
GOOD IN EACH ONE."


Dewey Redman,
extract from an interview, Actuelle 34, 10 March 1970.