Tom Schulte, Survivor Newsletter, January 1, 2001
This is not just a group’s tribute album to the great Thelonius Monk. Évidence has dedicated themselves since 1985 to performing and exploring his music. The trio reincarnates the great pianist’s music for alto sax, electric bass and drums. The disc opens with Straight, no chaser, one of the great standards Monk delivered to the jazz world. Throughout, the group does a commendable job at conjuring the spirit of this exclusive, post-bop genius> (4,5)