SF: You’re a musician who’s referred to as an expatriot who started his career in the U.S. and then moved to West Germany. What prompted the move? AR: I moved in about 1978. I’d been living in New York and had a very good group. We were playing—I hate the term “avantgarde” music—we were playing creative music in lofts. In the mid ’70s, there was a big loft movement in New York City. We were doing well musically, but financially we were making car fare on these gigs. It was very hard; it’s always been hard. It was difficult to live under those conditions. I always believed in playing and making a living from playing. I never wanted to do anything else to earn my living. I figured that if I could play, get paid and keep going, then my l i fe would be fairly complete. I was doing […]

January 1984 Issue