"[1] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full four stars, calling it "one of Parker's most accessible and straightforwardly enjoyable" sets, as well as "an excellent place to start with his recent work.

Unlike many other players of their generation who wallow in improvisation due to a dearth of creativity or have spurned it entirely, Parker, Schlippenbach and Lytton take it seriously and listeners will be struck with wonder at the results.

"[9] JazzWord's Ken Waxman remarked: "within the parameters of individual expression that the three have developed over the years, you can hear echoes of honking R&B saxmen from Parker and boogie-woogie bluescians from Schlippenbach... Jazz, boogie woogie, atonality, free music, whatever...

"[11] In an article for Paris Transatlantic, Nate Dorward wrote: "Both performances start calmly enough, but within minutes they've reached whirlwind speed... what gives the music its excitement is the sense that it's always a step away from another insanely accelerated spin-cycle.

"[12] Bill Meyer of the Chicago Reader stated that each member of the trio has "attained singular mastery of his instrument, and between them they've stripped the jazz vernacular out of their musical language."