1. Preface 2. From the Ridiculous to the Sublime 3. In Search of Sacred Space 4. One Approach to Improvisation (or) Possible Perceived DNA of All Music 5. Short Time, Long Time, Short Time, Long Time 6. How Nino Rota Saved Me from a Subterranean Freakout 7. Places in My Music/My Music in Places 8. Colour Talk 9. Tachitipo: The Living Passport 10. shards of ether 11. Anatomy of a Big Band 12. Ranting and Ruminating on Rhythm 13. A Flickering and Thickening 14. The School of the Road 15. Peripheral Dromes 16. Suite #7 17. A Brief History of the Piano-Percussion Quartet 18. The Vibraphone in the Music of John Zorn 19. Deep River...But How Deep? 20. "Venit Illuminatio" -- A Process Notebook 21. Thoughts on Compositional Strategies 22. A Means of Production 23. A Mentor 24. Music and...Football 25. Where I'm A 26. Shapes 27. Influences 28. Tomeka Reid Interviews Diedre Murray 29. The Flexible Role of the Bass 30. Unlimited Musings on Connection, Consciousness, Inspiration, and Purpose 31. Art Imitating Life 32. Lockwood's Piano 33. Statement on Technology and the Future of Music 34. Engineering New Music 35. About the Musicians 36. Recommended Listening