As for me, I want you to know that BIG MUSIC and BIG FUN were everything my friend Gene was all about in life; just listen to his playing on this disc.

As for me, my deep thanks go to each and every player on this disc, for they really gave so much of themselves to our music.

As for me, I’m delighted to hear how fresh the music we made on that gleaming Sunday morning in May still sounds to me each time I listen.

Even now, the turns the music takes still surprise me . . . and, as for me, I hope you’ll have the same reactions too.

-- RS