ALL IT TAKES is a fertile collaboration between the chart topping Rick Braun, and versatile keyboardist, composer, producer Philippe Saisse - it's also a step into a wide-open musical terrain beyond Braun's trademark R&B/pop comfort zone. Most of the songs on ALL IT TAKES find Braun artfully combining flugelhorn with muted trumpet (using the Harmon mute). Add Euro, neo-classical, cinematic elements and a touch of disco flash and that's ALL IT TAKES for a sensational new disc.