Carter, you’re just in time—I was about to tell you about the concert I went to last night.

The outdoor jazz concert? I saw your pictures, but they didn’t really capture the atmosphere.

They didn’t. The setting was beautiful, but what stayed with me was how effortlessly the musicians responded to one another.

Was it mostly instrumental, or did they have a vocalist?

Mostly instrumental. The saxophonist had this restrained style at first, and then, almost imperceptibly, the whole performance became more adventurous.