Of course, one would love to talk about the book with enthusiasm, jumping from the unusual to the core and back, paraphrasing theories, stirring in ideas, shining and stumbling, repeating oneself and losing a thought. Just like that, improvising. But even typing slows down the momentum. Moreover, Peter Niklas Wilson's book is too dense, too concentrated, and its musical aspects are too widely spread to adequately review it in the moment. In other words, "Hear and Now – Thoughts on Improvised Music" is already considered a standard work on the subject. In German, it is unmatched, aside from the long out-of-print German edition of the book by English guitarist Derek Bailey, "Improvisation – Art Without Work.".