"While trying to write new music for The Lost Chords, I kept hearing a trumpet.  It wasn't the usual trumpet sound I hear when I write for Big Band.  It was elegant and eloquent.  Earthy yet ethereal.  Suddenly I could hear this beautiful sound leaking out of Andy' Sheppard’s headphones.  I realized it was Paolo Fresu."  Carla Bley did the obvious thing, inviting the Italian trumpeter to join her group for a recording at Gérard de Haro’s Studios La Buisonne near Avignon, and on the European tour to mark its release.