After 25 years as side-man in notable ensembles, Howard Cairns has at long last recorded his own tunes, featuring longtime friends and colleagues with whom he has performed and recorded with over the past two decades. Notables such as the James Sherlock Trio, the Ross Hannaford Trio, and most recently Way Out West have helped establish Howard Cairns as one of Australia's leading contemporary musicians. This Quintet is chordless, melody based, and pulse orientated. The music is in turn reflective, tongue in cheek, good humored, dark, even hopeful!