In general it's a more upbeat album. More experimental, a richer sound texture and I've had the honor of working with some very talented musicians that have brought a wider scope to this album. Now that we've played together during various live performances, I know John and feel more comfortable with this project because the personal relationship has grown, we've become friends. We all have our own way of thinking about it and doing it, and when you put people together to make music then it's the same as a community. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Bottom line is that music is better if people do it together.
Music has taught me how to live with people by virtue of that fact. Everything I do is filtered by music. I get hired because I play a certain way, but once I learn how the style is played I incorporate that style into another group or another project. The cumulative effect is what you hear today. In Jazz, guys will take those chord changes with substitutions to create different voicings, every time you change one thing it changes the harmonic possibilities of the music.