Im also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show.

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music.

At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.

I work with many jazz artists as Miles Davis, Laughlin, etc.. One of the things all these artists had in common is that they had no fear.

I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of whatever is wrong in society, and I think it's important for us to continue to do that, and I don't see enough of it today.

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.