. >> valerie simpson, chaka khan, paula cole, lizz wright, lalah hathaway, ledisi, chant\ moore, nancy wilson. >> tell me the impetus behind putting this particular project 'cause it's a follow-up lp for you. >> yes. well, the first one, it was more of an acoustic jazz cd. and i have always teetered between acoustic jazz and more groove-oriented music. and i wanted to show more of that style in this project. so it leans a little more r&b or my version of r&b meets jazz. and the vocalists are definitely known more as r&b singers, but they all have a jazz sensibility about them and can interpret jazz, as well. >> yeah, these -- i think the old people say, "these women just don't sing. they sang." [ both laugh ] i was very blessed to have all these amazing artists on the cd. >> and i know that you said it's really women-focused, but you said you didn't want to leave out -- you didn't want to forget about the men when you were putting this together. >> well, yes, because people tend to put you in a box, especially when you do all-female projects. and i did a cd in between these two mosaic