Jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader blended his mastery of cool jazz, Latin jazz, and hard bop into an immediately accessible style that held him in good stead throughout the 1950s, '60s, '70s, and '80s. Tjader also had a distinctive flair with standards and popular tunes, as evidenced on this collection of Burt Bacharach covers. Backed by a sympathetic band, and taking on such Bacharach classics as "Walk on By," "I Say a Little Prayer," and "What the World Needs Now," Tjader turns in a smooth, cool-toned, and thoroughly enjoyable set.