Another interesting moment in the Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation DVD, that I've referred to a few times, comes during a conversation with the Standards Trio's incomparable rhythm section, Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, when Peacock has a tremendous insight into the process required of an improvisor: "First, the music enters us. And if the music enters you, you don't have to worry so much about what to play; the music's telling you what to play." The reason that this is so helpful is that it happens very often that a musician begins to solo on a tune before the tune has been thoroughly learned. And until it has, nothing sounds right, even things that should be correct, technically speaking. But once the tune has been integrated, it's hard to go wrong. I think of it as the song-writer telling the player the following: "Now let me get this straight - you want to use my work as a vehicle for improvisation, but without really learning it." Strangely enough, the most important resource for playing ideas is the piece itself; if we're willing to take the time to let it in, it'll tell us all we need.