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I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

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

I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of weird jazz record, but I don't know... It's on my list of things to do. I don't want to have to then go promote it.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

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

Actually, a lot of my influences were horn players. I really liked Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane and Miles Davis - people like that. My dad had a lot of those records. So when I started playing jazz primarily, it wasn't jazz guitar that I was listening to.

I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.