"new york stories" was recorded by his own quintet, toots thielemans, judy niemack, kenny werner, michel herr and jack van poll, the wdr big band (arranged by grammy-award-winner jim mc neely), the danish radio big band, and has been used for several years as the title song of the radio judaïca jazz program in belgium and was used in a tv commercial for the belgian postal service. it was also arranged for big band by grammy-winner arranger jim mcneely, and by german top arranger peter herbolzheimer.