"As a matter of fact, I have one at hand," he says, reaching into a pocket of his jeans and taking out a smartphone, scrolling through the contents and at length pulling up a photo of a tiny woman with tousled red hair in performance, seated at a piano, her small but shapely form clad in a white dress adorned with pearls. "The lovely Tamara Seward, in performance," he says, with a hint of pride.