You can see the great people he's working with listed on the front cover there.

The mood throughout is pretty funky and groovy but at various speeds and intensities.

The first song "Eloise (First Love)" is a bit loungey and features the piano and strings. Rainey's bass is also prominent and playing some interesting lines in addition to holding down the low end. The rhythmic feel builds as it goes along.

Rainey starts "How Long Will It Last" with a determined, driving bass attack on one note. When the band comes in it starts swinging in a lighthearted mood and should make you start tapping your toes.

"Genuine John (Colors)" is a slow blues with an amazing feel and subtle percussion and guitar work. This is followed by a smooth, mid-tempo, grooving number called "The Rain Song" in which there's some cool baritone guitar as well as another guitar part that recalls Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson". The bass line at times has a "Day Tripper" shape to it.

A sharper and tighter sound comes next in "Got It Together", which is really a feature for overdriven guitar and has a slight blaxploitation soundtrack flavor.

The next track, "The Lone Stranger", is a bit like a slowed down Curtis Mayfield groove and also a feature for electric guitar. The bass and drums on this one are especially good.

I didn't think I needed to hear another "Harlem Nocturne" but "Harlem Nocturne/Zenzile" takes this much played tune to some new pieces, starting with the guitar intro, on which the guitarist is using some kind of watery wah effect. The string arrangements are nice and when the meter switches the rhythm section starts walking and there's excellent trumpet playing. The "Zenzile" part continues in this vein with some exciting bass embellishments and you can also hear someone exclaim, "Sock it to Me".

"It's Gonna Rain" is another blend of soul, blues and funk with some beautifully nasty electric guitar playing and more impressive but always tasteful bass work from Rainey.

All too soon you're hearing the last track and it's the "Theme from Peter Gunn". This is another one that I didn't think anyone had anything new to say about it but Rainey takes it faster and lighter, fluttering forward with it and bringing a nimble funk feel to it. I'm guessing that all bass players secretly or not so secretly want to play this bass line.

And then there's an unexpected break where they play something that sounds like "The Breeze and I"!