In this August 2015 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Nate Wooley discusses growing up playing in a big band on the Oregon coast, developing a musical language within technical limitations, aesthetic differences between Chicago and New York music communities, and the challenges of interpreting music by Wynton Marsalis, Anthony Braxton, and Éliane Radigue.

This episode is sponsored by Astral Spirits Records (astralspirits.bandcamp.com): “The New Wave of Heavy Free Jazz since September 2014.”