A writer for
Billboard stated that, on the album, Powell is "just as strong, polished and vibrantly exciting as before," and noted that Ore and Moses "romp along with him." Trevor Tolley of
Coda wrote: "while the fingering is clean and the tone well sustained, the performances are rhythmically limp, and one has the sense at times that the bass and drums are doing their best to fit in, so as to hide the rhythmic uncertainty."
Harvey Pekar, writing for
DownBeat, gave a mixed evaluation of the album, noting on two of the tracks that during pauses between phrases, "it's almost as if he's trying to catch his breath before playing the next lick. His sense of time is also none too sharp." However, he praised "If I Loved You" and "Someone to Watch Over Me," noting, "he seems to be on another planet, demonstrating a harmonic sense as advanced in its way as that of any '
new thing' musician, and conveying a feeling of great poignancy." == Track listing ==