. >> i'm so glad, ame tnnie, that did this because your voice lends itself so nicely to the americanou know that your voice would match the music? >> well, i didn't, you know. you never really do. jazz was never my genre as you know. >> it is now. >> been around a little while. it is now. >> it is now. i was rehearsing with herbie hancock a couple of years ago, and we were doing a concert for unas in washington. for many years i've been a campaigner. i haven't really released so many albums. and there i was doing this concert and rehearsing with his band. we were extemporizing and having fun in the rehearsal studio. and i just realized -- i started to think, you know what, i have never recorded anything in the jazz genre. and that would be interesting. herbie and i were doing a version of "every time we say good-bye" which his recorded in the 1980s for the red, hot, and blue hiv/aids concert. and i loved that experience. we were stepping into a different genre. and i'm getting -- getting long in the tooth now. you know, as we all are. >> you mean the other way? >> exactly. >> could b