Besides amusing Colin (which is quite difficult to do), George would listen to him playing the piano in between shows and thought, "Why the hell isn't anyone hiring him to be their arranger?  If I don't hire him, someone else will!"  Sure enough George was correct in that years later Colin ended up working on one of Rod Stewart's standards revisited albums. Actually, George was unaware that Colin had arranged for many notable singers, including his most talented wife, Lorna Luft, as well he had conducted for many symphonies across the United States.