James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murrayis one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming... (wikipedia)
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.
And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.
When you take two notes on the piano, an octave apart, and play them in rapid alternation, you get a third tone.
For me that was like the beginning of a system that I could use to really find my way in what I wanted to play.
We met at the right time - we needed each other in a sense.
I was moving in the right direction, but it was difficult to go beyond swing/bebop.
The vibrations that all things create, because you know if you play a sound under certain conditions, it changes.