There is a long tradition in jazz of instruments carrying on a conversation either intricate with soloistic dialogues (often improvised) or the call and response of larger forces. “Speak to Me” is above all such a conversation, at first among soloists and then among more and more performers as they gradually join in. This piece begins with a simple tune that increasingly overlaps with and is interrupted by other ideas, generating enormous energy along the way. Dur: c. 5:00