Well, I wrote my thoughts about this on my phone earlier today when I was listening to the album, but somehow the comments did not save. Soooo, I like this album, and I LOVE JAZZ, possibly/probably as a result of listening to music like this when I was a young boy. My dad played music like this (even though his favorite musician was Herb Alpert, as well as loving Hank Williams)... around the house and I remember when my parents had cocktail parties for their friends they'd have this playing (in the early 60s)... so yeah, this is deeply rooted in my psyche as happy music. I grew up to appreciate much more complex stylings of jazz; fusion jazz, techno-jazz, Sun Ra, etc... Okay, I give this a strong 4 star rating!