"Mr. Mayer is a musician of wide-ranging interests who has played standard concerto repertory with major international orchestras. He gave a boldly expressive account of Mozart’s A Minor Rondo and a rhapsodic reading of Schumann’s haunting Sonata in F# Minor. Mr. Mayer’s renditions of Art Tatum’s solos are amazing facsimiles. You have to admire his dedication to this music and the technical brilliance of his playing."


"Steven Mayer gave a mightily atmospheric performance of Ives’ Concord Sonata."


"Composition or improvisation, classical or jazz, white or black—all categories crumble in the face of accomplishment. Mr. Mayer proved he could do it again, that the past could be honorably reborn."


"In fact, Mr. Mayer makes a habit of juxtaposing Art Tatum and Charles Ives as two shapings of vernacular Americana. Mayer, a dazzling virtuoso, plays the pieces in question as well as anyone."