From the liner notes :

" I first met Michel in 1985, during my first jazz workshop, where he was teaching piano and harmony. While I discovered the musician and his music, I first of all got to know, besides a good teacher, a man full of generosity.
Then I gradually explored his music, his harmonies, his discrete but efficient and sensitive way of accompanying soloists (Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, to name only two). It is precisely this science of sounds and harmonies that inoculated me with the irrepressible urge to follow in his footsteps.
To me, he is one of the most complete and most modern musicians I know, who, despite his enormous background, never lost sight of the essential : emotion !
When Hans Kusters asked me to pay a tribute to him with a group of impressive soloists, I jumped on the opportunity, happy to play such beautiful music and to honour Michel for all the things he has taught me.
From the depth of my heart, I would like to thank Philip, Bert, Toon, Philippe and Hans for their creative involvement in these sessions and for their great musical insight.
I also warmly thank Hans Kusters for submitting this project to me, during one of the toughest periods the music industry has to face and at a time when jazz musicians, who remain more creative than ever, tend to be considered as relics of the past..."

Ivan Paduart

" It has been an intense pleasure for me to perform Michel's superb melodies : 'Beauty where it is' and 'Le voyage oublié'.
His original chord changes are full of challenges and surprises for the improviser.
The sequence of chords suggests some mysterious journeys through an unexplored labyrinth.
Many thanks to the rhythm section, which inspired my guitar playing all along these pieces.
To Michel Herr, a complete and generous musician, master in the art of voicings and tone colors."

Philip Catherine