In Dec of 2013, I got a call from The Maple Leaf booking agent, Ms Paulina Trujillo asking if I could fill in a few Mondays at The Leaf when Jon Cleary was out of town. She asked if I could put together a trio. I said yes give me a couple of days and I'll get back to you. She had three Monday's in Dec. the 16th, Dec 23rd and Dec. 30th open, the next day I called back and took the gigs.

On Dec 16, 2013 the band was Michael Lemmler, Simon Lott and myself , it was completely off the hook and I remember having so much fun that I wanted to do it more.

I always have so much musical fun working with Michael Lemmler so he was naturally my first choice for a keyboard player, Terrence Houston wasn't available that night so I asked Simon…