To the distinguished jazz pedigree of bass-piano-guitar groups can be added bassist Leonhart's trio with pianist Ted Rosenthal and guitarist Joe Cohn. It's a fluent, hand-in-glove working band that wears its individual and collective virtuosity with a light touch. Leonhart is best known for his own wryly funny songs and witty vocal delivery, but here the emphasis is mostly on instrumentals and standards, with two songs by him, plus originals by Nat Cole, Waller, Ellington and Al Cohn. The trio swings hard and the internal balance is impeccable; both Leonhart and Cohn are in fine form, but the star of the show, in a beguilingly tasty example of the genre, is Rosenthal, who somehow raises the bar every time he solos.

— Ray Comiskey
© The Irish Times, January 28, 2005