[1][2][3] In a review for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne wrote: "This is a recording that finds Han the Man of the dynamite drums 'behaving himself,' as he is fond of saying.

He only behaves himself if he finds the situation really warrants it, such as in the case of a pianist playing some really straightforward, honest, and no-jive music...

The Swiss Miss Schweizer has absolutely developed her own style, going in the course of her career into piano-pounding and string-scraping free-form improvisation but by the time of this recording pursuing a slightly more mellow, aged-in-the-bottle elegance.

The program balances improvised pieces with original tunes, then a touch of drum soloing, then a pair of happy standards to bring down the curtain.

"[4] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 4 stars, and stated that Bennink "is supreme, the ideal foil to Schweizer's full-voiced and pointed delivery... it shows two artists of markedly different temperament... negotiating a comfortable middle ground.