. >> and connecting to our ancestors, which is revence, also forms of music. >> absolutely.very day >>> we mentioned earlier your tribute to miles davis, blue light to dawn, a few of the albums. is there a sequence to the albums and the songs you choose? tell me. >> when you're in the middle of making anal -- an album, you're just - i'm speaking for myself because there is a lot of leeway that i allow in the process for the musicians and for myself, for the music to create itself. so you're not thinking so much about a sequence, you're thinking about moves, shifting moods. one day you might be one song. so when you get a distance from the project, then you're able to weave together a little story sometimes and that is how you sequence it based on the story that you're able to get, you're able to glean from the work >>> you've collaborated with a number of artists. prince. >> yes >>> who else? john legend. >> yes >>> name some others. >> i wrote a song with wayne shorter. he didn't actually perform on the album. i wanted him to, on travelling miles, but i wrote lyrics to one