I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough.

James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (born September 21 1936 in Idabel Oklahoma) is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. "Murray's aim was to free the soloist completely from the restrictions of time and to do this he set up a continual hailstorm of percussion.

James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (born September 21 1936 in Idabel Oklahoma) is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.