Jazz music was the true passion of my father and this anthology of the greatest Jazz singers and musicians was one of his dearest projects. I helped him making the difficult choices of selecting the scores that were both landmark in the history of this music and appealing to an audience of non-specialists. For me melody comes first and virtuosity second. I had to fight for some of my choices but at the end, given the tremendous success of the collection, our common goal was achieved: to make the wider audience possible fall in love with the music.