Thirty-five years ago, I met Johnny Mercer when he was a guest on a local television show. I was the piano player in the band, and he very graciously asked where he might come and hear us later. I gave him the address of a club where my trio was playing, and later that night he and his dinner companions came in. He and I wound up the evening sitting on the piano bench playing "Do you remember this one... singing Mercer tunes into the wee small hours. That evening is a favorite memory of mine, and I'm honored to be recording some of his wonderful music at last. Johnny Mercer was, and will continue to be, everybody's 'Huckleberry Friend'. Thanks, John