The influence of Miles Davis on Wallace Roney is profound, and has been, for Roney, both a blessing and a curse. Those who revere Davis will, for this reason, either embrace this album or be offended by it, but, for me, there is no offense given by an album which is as nearly flawless as this one is, filled with mysterious,darkly beautiful, deeply-felt music. The spirit, if not the letter, of Miles lives on in Roney, and that is an undisguised blessing.