Italy:

I lived in Trieste for three years, and there met a soul-mate, Franco Trisciuzzi. We played a lot of music together, and in fact met at a music bar/pizzeria called BBC. I sat in with the house band occasionally.

Jazz!

I have played guitar since secondary school, and after dabbling with Led Zeppelin and then jazz rock, I moved into more straight ahead territory. Before I played guitar I played saxophone badly, but it is still my favourite instrument to hear: it can tell a story like no other. My favourite player, who seems to me to hold a conversation with the other players, is Joe Henderson:

Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Al Foster play "Cheryl" by Charlie Parker.