[5] Bill Shoemaker of JazzTimes noted "Condor, Autumn Wind, recorded live in Durham, shows the potential of the emerging Mid-Atlantic concert circuit for avant garde jazz and improvised music.

A lot of improvisers talk vaguely about creating a space in which the music can be spawned and received, but Wadada Leo Smith pursues and achieves this goal with a unique, focused discipline on the mostly solo Condor, Autumn Wind.

At strategic points in the program, he complements his palette with voice, mbira, percussion, wood flute, and bike horn-like seal-horn.

On three pieces, Harumi Makino Smith’s poetry (read both in English and Japanese) provides an evocative counterpoint.

"[6] All music is composed by Wadada Leo Smith, Harumi Makino SmithBand Production