In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.
A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.
I have been recording for five decades now.
I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.
I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.
I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.