I call this the third album in Joe Sample's trilogy of beautiful CD's. Invitation finds Joe interpreting the older classics (Summertime, My One and Only Love, Come Rain or Come Shine, Stormy Weather), recent classics (A House is not a Home) and soon to be classics (Black is the Color, Invitation). Very few pianists evoke a mood the way Joe does and this is a CD filled with beautiful mood music. Want to relax? Put this in first along with Ashes to Ashes and Spellbound, (in that order) and let this CD start the journey to reflection and relaxation for you when you get home after a hard days work. BEAUTIFUL.