"ECLECTIC, is an overused word that has come to mean a random jumble, or anything goes. The "MASTERFUL MIX" is something else altogether: a coherent assemblage of different styles and periods that tells a story. It has a narrative flow, like a good autobiography. It evokes heritage, as though it has been collected over time, but there's an improvisational air about it - the sense of a real life being lived."