The sax and string sections were played directly on the Korg N1 keyboard, using a couple of the 1,000 sounds in the memory bank of the Korg. The Korg was connected to my 10-channel mixer - and from there to my Roland 8-track. The sax melisma was obtained by using the pitch wheel on the Korg with my left hand while playing the melody with my right hand.

The slightly difficult bit was getting Jelly Roll's voice on to the Roland. I copied the voice from vinyl to mini-disc with my Sony Discman player/recorder (I still have the very first model ever made) and then split the tracks into segments. Then I lined up the segments and pressed "Play" on the minidisc at the appropriate moment.

The whole rhythm and tempo of the piece was actually dictated by, and based on the rhythm of Morton's speaking voice in the extract I used. One of the comments I had on YouTube yesterday was that it might have been a good idea to add some "scratch" throughout the track so that the crackle on Morton's voice didn't come in "with a whiplash effect" - which is a fair point. But too late to do now!

I love Morton's music - I think he was a much maligned and misunderstood (and cheated) genius. He was a braggart, a pimp, a pool hustler and many other things - but he was also a superb pianist, a fantastic composer and a wonderful band arranger. I have all his recordings, as far as I know. and never tire of them.