Henry Mancini was one of America’s greatest film composers. He wrote dozens of hit movie scores and countless musical classics. When Dmitri Matheny called me to ask if I was interested in working on a project of Henry Mancini’s music, I was pretty excited. I have always been a fan of Mancini and it was great to celebrate his centennial by playing his music. For this album, we tried to put a new spin on each of the tracks. Dmitri brought a great set of arrangements and we had a wonderful time performing and recording them. As always, the gang did great. Thanks to Brendan, Cole, and Tom for their excellent playing.