Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.

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

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

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

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

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.