Consenting Adults (2000)

"One has to wonder why it took over five years for this 1994 recording to make its debut. Certainly the quality is up to Criss Cross standards and the spirit of the session is unquestionably robust. Still, now that Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, and Peter Bernstein (the first letters of their last names gives us M.T.B.) have become more established artists, this peek at an earlier effort is sure to initiate some lively discussion. In the cases of Turner and Bernstein their performances seem pretty much true to form. However, Mehldau sounds so strong with this expanded line-up that one longs to hear him shed the trio thing he seems so hell bent on driving into the ground these days." (www.allaboutjazz.com)