The album was recorded at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California[1] on January 5, 1992.

[2] The format "allows Beirach to exploit his romantic credentials with only a nominal interest in the usual bop formulas, and he throws in a few startling unorthodox glissandos here and there to shake everyone up.

"[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that his playing is less abstract than on other recordings, and that the standards are perhaps performed too elaborately.

[4] Pianist Liam Noble described Beirach's performance of "'Round Midnight": beginning "with some quiet colours, he quickly glissandos into expressionistic contrasts of texture: it feels very spontaneous, as if he's embellishing a classic fairytale with every device he can find, making it up as he goes along.

The solo section steams along at a double tempo, but it's brought to a sudden halt with a return to softer textures".