Shekere

As in all the tracks, incidentally, the rhythm section is acutely attentive to the kind of mood Ike is building.

They're never in the least obtrusive, and in that respect, it's instructive to hear the continuously smooth fusion of Marshall Bobo and Gavin Masso on the gourd-like Shekere, an African instrument.

the big round shaker gourd.

Liebestrom is another illustration of Ike's transmuting of the long meter standards into the bossa nova framework.