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I wrote all the music for my first Blue Note recording, except I Love Music, by Emile Boyd, an important part of the Cleveland music scene.

A few words about Bill Stewart: I was on the faculty of William Patterson College, from 1983-91, and Bill Stewart was one of my students. Musically, he was into creating inner forms within the structures of what we were playing. So I started using him in my woodwind ensemble. I was playing in John Scofield’s group at the time. and he produced this CD. John and I met at Berklee and I’ve had the chance to play and record with him a number of times and it’s always a great exchange of ideas.