I've Sung A Lot Of Emotional Songs,

Denzal Sinclaire Embodies The Tradition Of The Great Singers I Love Like Nat Cole, Yet Definitely Has His Own Voice. He Is One Of My Favourite Singers.

The Album Is A Definite Departure. I Haven't Written Original Material Before, Except For One Song On My First Album, But Elvis And I Did Six Songs Together On This One.

I Think That I Was Being Much More Uptight About Those Things Before. I Feel Like I Really Don't Have To Prove Anything At This Point Other Than What I'm Doing.

My Dream As A Child Was To Play With A Bass Player Like Ray Brown, Who Played With The Oscar Peterson Trio. The Feeling I Had Listening To His Work Was Almost Carnal, So To Actually Play For Him Was Earth-shattering For Me.

I Mean, I Don't Think I Would Call Claus To Do An Album Of Big Band Tunes. You Know, Just Like Arrangers Write For The Artist They Have In Mind; You Have To Keep In Mind If You're Going To Work With Claus Ogerman. You Invite Him To Do What He Does.