An interesting selection of numbers. Great to  hear Diana Krall sing two of Mancini's more sophisticated songs, "Dreamsville" & "Soldier In the Rain" (the latter an especially ethereal composition). Mancini fans will like it. I do. But Grusin's facile plano playing offers few surprises, it goes where one expects it to go; some of the instrumentals  drift by as if wrapped in gauze, & only three are challenged to offer up something out of the ordinary: "Peter Gunn," "Baby Elephant Walk," & "Hatari." So I consider it a tasteful homage. But  old  tribute albums by Quincy Jones & Bobby Hackett are just as much if not more fun (Hackett's "Peter Gunn" is very unusual).  The 1996 album "Oranj Symphonette&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Plays-Mancini/dp/B00000322Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Plays Mancini</a>" demonstrates what  can be done  when Mancini is creatively  stretched through a variety of musical genres.