Each of the CDs prior to 'Flirting With Twilight' were more like roller-coaster rides.

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

I'm a guy who has more slapstick than Joe Cool moments in his day, so I'm not taking myself so seriously.

I'm a goof, man.

You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging to the jazz scene.