This album contains warm, romantic music - I call it "intimate jazz". It's music that really connects with the audience and the listener and rejects the notion that musicians must always play higher, faster and louder.

Music is capable of creating a certain mood, and this music invites the listener to forget the events of a hectic day, kick off

This album contains warm, romantic music - I call it "intimate jazz". It's music that really connects with the audience and the listener and rejects the notion that musicians must always play higher, faster and louder.

Music is capable of creating a certain mood, and this music invites the listener to forget the events of a hectic day, kick off your shoes, lay back, open a nice bottle of wine and enjoy the music with someone you love.

The music was recorded to allow each instrument to speak in its own voice, and in its own way. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you.

• Richard