This was apparently recorded at a cancer awareness concert as John Wetton talks about that at a few places here. While this is recorded with the Les Paul Trio, the arrangements are very often almost exclusively piano and voice related. This is quite an interesting set, both in terms of the material covered and the performances. I’d consider it highly recommended. I should note that it lands in progressive rock mostly based on Wetton’s considerable history in the prog world and less on the music presented here.

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I’m a big fan of Steely Dan, so I love the fact that this set opens with a song from that outfit. It starts with piano and Wetton’s voice comes in over that instrument. In fact, this is a piano and voice arrangement. The piano gets a nice solo mid-track, too.

 The fullest arrangement of the set, this rocker is evocative and powerful. Wetton pulls no punches, delivering an incendiary vocal performance. I think that it’s very appropriate for this to be the last song because it’s the best one here.