The album of solo piano performances by Beirach was recorded at Masonic Temple, New York City, on September 28–29, 1987.

[3] The AllMusic reviewer described it as "Alternately stunning and uneven solo piano work".

[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that Beirach's style was not well suited to solo performance: "The logic is all there, but the lines are cluttered with grace-notes and over-ripe sustains.

"[3] The Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote: "The solo piano is nice, but it never lifts, never cries out.

Occasionally it seems to verge on a genuine sense of swing, then the dread seriousness comes back in to stifle it.