The enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming.
I don't like any category; categories are not my favorite subject. They're too confining.
After I came out of surgery - I was in the hospital for five weeks - I found that I gravitated toward very gentle sounds: chant music, solo bamboo flute sounds, a laid-back record of my own called 'Inside.' And the music became a very real part of my recovery process.
