his first duet album with placido domingo and the late great jerome. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> i know you record for your album. i just spoke at his funeral. >> i'm so sorry. i wasn't here. i he was such a sweet guy. and extremely talented. of course. he was music. >> i'm so curious, what did he do on the album? >> oh, my lord. >> it was great. >> you know the best thing is, we were neighbors. he came to my house. we spent the whole day and now we have lunch together. we took pictures with my family. he was such a beautiful person and an incredible talent. incredible. >> while we're talking about it, you have some big names. i didn't mention stevie wonder and others. >> josh groban, alexander, prince roy. anthony, a bunch of people. the dominican, which is amazing. a bunch of great people, man. i hope i didn't forget -- oh, frieda from abba. >> how did you choose the music for this new album? >> i start to call friends. people who i admire and respectful some of them applied. some of them no. some say right away. and that was my first choice. the p