Naming his latest single, the melodically sweet, tastily rhythmic and fun-spirted "Maple Syrup Donut" makes sense for trumpeter Ron King, who deserves a decadent reward to cap an amazingly prolific, multi-decade career that includes working with dozens of legends - including George Benson, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, Tito Puente, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and Johnny Mathis - as well as Smooth Jazz greats Jeff Lorber, Brian Simpson and Paul Brown. It was Brown who told King some years ago, "You need to write a hit song." The duo's many years of exciting collaborations continue with their latest breezy, light funk delight, a hook-filled tune penned by King and produced by Brown which rolls like a joyful conversational duet between the two,
