Overall, however, "Radiance" bears out an oft-quoted early statement of Keith Jarrett's: "The best improvisations I know of are always made when you have no ideas. If an improviser can get ideas out of his head that are possessing his ability to flow, then he can keep playing and keep making music. I don't even have a seed when I start. The solo concert is like another world that has its own rules that I didn't make up."