The Mike Valeras Group's self titled 2000 debut CD garnered them rave reviews from local press and a loyal audience of discernable jazz afficionados as well as rock fans. 2002 found the group releasing their second CD, Changes. A work which promises to bring fusion back around full circle to a place where electric instrumentalists take chances, improvise and explore within intelligent composition and harmony. The Mike Valeras Group promises to build on America's greatest art form by holding tight to the traditions of the past while keeping and ear to the future. Instrumental Guitar (Electric/Fusion/Jazz), total running time, 49:52