专辑简介

Recorded on July 8, 2009 (7-8-9) at Galena St. Studios, Sandusky, Ohio. Anna and Johnny had met a few weeks earlier when Anna sat in on the last song in Johnny's set at Murphy's Place in Toledo. It was a moment for them both. Anna asked Johnny if he'd record with her; he said 'Yes'; and drove down from Detroit for the session. His car broke down just outside of Sandusky and so Anna had to go rescue him. They got acquainted nicely while sitting in the sun for a couple of hours waiting for the tow truck to show up. Got pretty loose. When they got in the studio, Anna just started naming tunes - a little of this, a little of that. An assortment of diverse and yet somehow complementary pieces... some salty, some sweet, like a box of mixed nuts.

Johnny O'Neal is one of the world's best known jazz pianists. He played the part of Art Tatum in the movie 'Ray'. He's played all over the globe for the last thirty years with people like Art Blakey, Sarah Vaughn, Anita O'Day, B. B. King, and the list goes on. On this album, Anna and Johnny play together as if they'd known each other all their lives. No rehearsals, one or two takes and this is the mind blowing result.