, aka , made quite a splash with his self-titled debut album in 2000, attracting enough attention to allow him to quit his day job as a saxophonist for hire for people like . His second release, , is more of the same and will please the same constituency of casual fans and light FM stations. Again working closely with producer yet producing many of the tracks themselves this time, and his writing partner, , come up with percolating synthesized and programmed rhythm tracks over which solos melodically. Nothing to write home about in that, of course, except that they vary the formula just a little on just about every track. On contributes some tasty Hammond B-3 playing; the slow-tempo gives way to a cover of 's that employs enough familiar elements from the original arrangement to recall it without replicating it; the obligatory vocal number, has a sexy chorus sung by ; features , who adds Spanish guitar, creating a different feel; switches from tenor to soprano on the title tune; and featuring some delicate acoustic and electric guitar work from , and on which plays alto, has an attractive melody that is crying out for a lyric to turn it into an hit. The varying tones of the disc make for an enjoyable listening experience whether one is paying close attention or not, which is a key to successful . ~ William Ruhlmann