It Is A Privilege And An Honor

I'm Not Really On A Mission To Tell Anybody Anything. I'd Rather Be Figured Out.

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.

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.

There Were Some Things That I Found I Really Enjoyed Singing About; Like, On The Title Track, There's This Film-noir Character Of A Woman Who's Sort Of Losing It In A Room.