[1] The album features a two-part hour-long Dixon composition followed by a free improvisation.

Dixon is heard on trumpet and flugelhorn, and is accompanied by Matthias Bauer and Klaus Koch on bass, and Tony Oxley on drums.

"[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor stated: "This is music that deftly dodges codification, dealing in open-ended ambiguities rather than easily digestible certainties.

"[4] In a separate review for the same publication, Andrew Lindstrom praised Dixon's cover art, calling it "a beautifully balanced piece, mostly shades of a single hue, with a certain aura of forboding mystery", and wrote: "The music only grows more interesting with each listening... Dixon's complete control of his instrument is immediately apparent, and his first-hand knowledge of the trumpet's historical lineage in American music allows him to look to the future, to chart new trajectories...

"[5] In yet another All About Jazz review, John Sharpe commented: "This is an excellent disc easily recommended to anyone willing to immerse themselves in Bill Dixon’s sound world.