Among the best Hollywood directors for all eternity is Howard Hawks, who is praised as a "professional" because he knew how to narrate particularly efficiently, energetic, fast-paced, always entertaining. Such a "seasoned" professional was also the saxophonist Gerd Dudek (1938-2022). The straightforwardness and efficiency of his playing are also admirable; he, too, searches for the best form in each case and finds it in the greatest possible simplicity of his complex, musical means.