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David Rickert of All About Jazz wrote "... Evans demands to be heard, seducing you with his indelibly emotional playing ...

The trio works magic here, breathing fresh air into standards such as ' How Deep Is the Ocean?

' and ' Beautiful Love ' and creating the illusion that these songs were written just so someone like Evans could play them.

The highlight of the album is ' Elsa ,' which is one of the most beautiful piano ballads on record.

" Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Jurek called the album " Evans, with Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro, was onto something as a trio, exploring the undersides of melodic and rhythmic constructions that had never been considered by most ... Explorations is an extraordinary example of the reach and breadth of this trio at its peak.