Better than any single Hornsby album could, the four-CD/one-DVD box set Intersections [1985-2005] shows what he's capable of. Playing with everyone from The Range to The Grateful Dead, guitarist/vocalist Bonnie Raitt, guitar icon Pat Metheny and saxophonists Branford Marsalis and Ornette Coleman, it's a set that's sure to surprise even those who feel they know all there is to know about Hornsby.　　　　　 　　The box is broken into three categories: "Top 90 Time," "Solo Piano, Tribute Records, Country-Bluegrass, Movie Scores," and "By Request (Favorites and Best Songs)." With a full third of the music previously unreleased, and another good chunk from single "B" sides and aforementioned tributes and soundtracks, even the most committed Hornsby fan will find a wealth of new material.　　　　 　　The real surprise is that rather than provide a "greatest hits" package of original versions, while virtually every popular Hornsby tune is represented somewhere in the box the majority are in significantly altered forms that show just how malleable his material is and how loose he can be. Three different versions of "The Valley Road" are a good example. A live 2005 version with his recent (and very, very hot) touring band is a greasy piece of bluesy funk; the second, a foot-stomping bluegrass version in collaboration with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; and the third a loose and sloppy but totally grooving boogie take with The Grateful Dead.