Until yesterday, I've never heard of Rick Braun. While shopping for new Jazz tunes, I ran across the CD, "Full Stride". Normally I'm reluctant to purchase music by an artist in which I'm unfamiliar. Needless to say, I threw caution to the wind and purchased, "Full Stride." I'm very happy with my selection. Every cut on this CD was written and played with total musical aplomb. There's no doubt about it. This entire CD is so good that it is rather difficult for me to tell you which tracks are the best. You won't come up empty handed if you decide to make this CD a part of your Smooth Jazz collection. Nicely done Mr. Braun!