The ghost of
Bill Evans was certainly present during this duo recording. The musical interplay between pianist
Bill Mays and bassist
Ray Drummond is reminiscent of
Evans and his various bassists.
Mays and
Drummond operate as equals (in fact the bassist seems to control the music as least as much as
Mays) and their solo space is split fairly evenly. That is not to say that
Bill Mays is merely imitating
Evans on this CD, just that his highly impressive session is very much in that tradition; an adventurous rendition of "Skylark" is the highpoint.