[7] In a review for All About Jazz, John Sharpe called the album "thoroughly entertaining," and noted Rivers' "freewheeling anything-goes approach" to the music.

He wrote: "Each member of the group proves adept at hinting at form, even when it's not explicitly present, both through dramatic solo development... and through the cohesive arc of ensemble performance.

"[12] Ken Waxman of The Whole Note noted Daley's "sophisticated dexterity on tuba and euphonium... [in] both accompanying and frontline roles," and his ability to play "with the swift facility of a valve trombonist," enabling him to "bounce from treble sheets of sound to guttural scoops.

"[13] Writing for the Downtown Music Gallery, Tim Niland stated that "the performance is very strong," and remarked: "the music has a very interesting sound with both Daley and Holland creating wonderful low end textures that play with and off of one another alongside the reeds, piano and drums to build unique and compelling conception.

"[14] The Free Jazz Collective's Tom Burris wrote: "The music builds toward a very mid-70s Holland/Rivers/Altschul dynamic with tuba counterpoint for accentuation.