More historically known for his extensive collaborations, production credits, and other background contributions, Al Kooper's own music career has been quite an odyssey unto itself, highlighted by a string of solo albums stretching from the late 60's to early 80's. However, his debut may be the most revelatory of them all. Released in the fertile, eclectic, post Sgt. Pepper environment vacuum that was album rock at the time (with his own Blood, Sweat, and Tears and Super Session albums looming in the shadows as well) Kooper ably blended a wealth of disparate sounds and genres into what turns out to be a unified, committed gesture of humanism.