i've been fortunate to have toured with roy ayers for many years. and i've worked with erykah badu, and i've worked with queen latifah, loads of different jazz -- ron carter, ronnie laws. >> and, in fact, on this cd, you do -- roy ayers and ron carter both >> yes. >> one of the things that i was really interested to talk to you guys about is sort of the lineup of songs and how it sort of is a story in and of itself. >> jonathan can explain that, 'cause he put that together. >> what the concept was was for us to kind of create this sort of question and answer in music. so, the first series of songs or the first half of the cd is really the question part or what i call the conflict. so, all the songs in the first half of it really deal with conflict. it could be about love and life. and then the second half is the answer or the resolution. so, the second half of the cd really deals with how we sort of resolve a lot of the things that we have conflict within life. and, so, that's really what "q&a" is about, also. it's about how question and answer -- h