Even ignoring that bassist
Chuck Israels is on this set and the similarity of some of the repertoire, it's difficult to overlook the fact that pianist
Don Friedman sounds very similar to
Bill Evans on this set. With drummer
Pete LaRoca completing the trio and such songs as "I Hear a Rhapsody," "In Your Own Sweet Way," and "So in Love" joining four of the leader's originals,
Friedman uses chord voicings similar to
Evans and engages in the same type of close interplay with his sidemen. However, since the music is of high quality and few other keyboardists sounded like
Evans this early,
Circle Waltz is worth hearing by post-bop fans.