This is one of the more obscure
Joanne Brackeen recordings. Although the pianist is heard in a trio with guitarist
Ryo Kawasaki and bassist
Clint Houston, the music sounds nothing like
Nat King Cole or
Oscar Peterson. Actually
Brackeen long ago developed her own distinctive chord voicings and, even when one hears touches of
McCoy Tyner or
Chick Corea in her solos, in reality she sounds like no one else. Her close interplay with
Kawasaki and
Houston on the six group originals (four by
Brackeen) is consistently impressive and unpredictable. ~ Scott Yanow