The tonal palette of trumpet and vibes is initially intriguing, but palls slightly after a few of these funereally-paced ballads. By the end of the 1970s, Chet was still playing with control and nuance, but very little variation in volume. He plays quietly and serenely for the most part of this record, surrounded by some dexterous chordal cleverness from the then 23-year old German multi-instrumentalist Lackerschmid. At its best, such as a haunting ‘You Don't Know What Love Is’, with the occasional slight hesitation adding emotion to Baker's phrasing, the package works well. For variety it might have been a more fulfilling project to interweave tracks from the same duo's follow up album (also recorded in 1979) with Larry Coryell, Buster Williams and Tony Williams. This would have added timbral variety, tempo changes and a fuller range of interaction between the participants. That said, Lackerschmid reveals himself as an individual voice on vibes, owing more to Burton than to Hutcherson and Jackson, when he takes the lead on ‘Softly as a Morning Sunrise’, accompanying himself with an intriguing contrast of tone between his melodic line and the underlying countermelody as Chet noodles aimlessly behind him on muted horn.