As the title makes clear this is the second installment of Cary's celebration of the electric piano, the first rightfully acquiring ‘modern classic’ status in the 15 years since its release. Vol.2 picks up nicely from where its predecessor left off and any listener partial to the sound of the iconic keyboard, with its glowing reverberations and unctuous textures, will find their ears blessed on the many passages where the full-bodied, richly voiced chords take centre stage. While the territory carved out by the Herbies and Lonnies and other funky fusion tyros of the 1970s is still a touchstone for Cary, he pushes onto vibrant new ground by way of both an engagement with non-Western music, particularly Asian and North African folk, and the deployment of other hardware. The Rhodes, certainly with the leader's assured touch, remains one of the most evocative of amplified instruments but the state of the art ‘Access Virus’ that Cary uses also gives him a range of virtual analogue synthesizers that sound convincingly like old school Oberheim polyphonics and Korgs. Beyond the beauty of this timbral rainbow Cary produces consistently strong compositions here, drawing on a deep blues heritage as well as an avowed interest in contemporary soul and dance music. With a strong supporting cast of longstanding (bass virtuoso Tarus Mateen), and recent collaborators, the result is an album that creatively plugs into the electric heritage of jazz while trip-wiring any electro-jazz clichés.