Classic-rock songs often turn into cultural signposts for no clear reason — what does this 1969 Blind Faith epic really mean, anyway, with its obtuse lyrics and addictive, endless vamping? The pianist Christian Sands and his trio make the song matter again. Yasushi Nakamura’s exploratory bass line opens the way for Sands’s touch on the keyboard, at first light, then increasingly driven by Clarence Penn’s kicking drum. In their hands, the song is about questing itself: its loneliness and excitement, the determination it requires, the way the final destination ultimately doesn’t matter. Music is the best place to find yourself, getting lost.
— Ann Powers