I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I've always loved jazz.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.