ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: “Two creative artists working as a duo serve as a clear example of what the modern mainstream is all about. Bassist David Friesen, always in tune and favoring a lyrical style, adds double stops and slapped percussive sounds to enhance the pair’s creative output. Pianist Denny Zeitlin, fluid and seamless, swings with a tinge of the blues while improvising in highly creative bursts…Zeitlin and Friesen romp through familiar melodies and gradually work their way through improvised changes. Both remain lyrical throughout. However, the pianist enjoys stretching limits by adding avant-garde explorations from time to time…the duo pushes the envelope with dramatic intensity that can only come through a deep involvement…the excellent sound systems have captured Zeitlin and Friesen alone and yet together, as they complement each other with full counterpoint.”

52ND STREET.COM: “It’s a cliché, but it’s true: when these two guys get together, magic happens…the eight tracks presented here, two originals by each, two show tunes and jazz standards by Shorter and Rollins, were recorded in concerts at Tacoma, Portland, Berkeley, and Phoenix. For me, they provide an excellent window into the creative process of these two inquisitive, probing, adventurous minds. I have admired Zeitlin’s ability and willingness to push the envelope, to explore outside the usual boundaries of pattern, form, and time, without losing me in the process. Friesen’s presence seems immeasurably to enhance and enrich the endeavor, and I am left in awe of them, and of the depth of their interaction."