The album was recorded March 9 – 11, 2000 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City.

[1] In his AllMusic review, Richard S. Ginell calls the album a "winner, sumptuously recorded and proof that good things can come from those who wait."

"[1] Tim Smith, writing for The Baltimore Sun, calls the performance "sometimes sexy" and "thoroughly winning.

"[2] In PopMatters, Ben Varkentine says the album is "a beautiful and rewarding work, perhaps nowhere more so than on Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche, a suite for Saxophone and Orchestra.

"[3] Hilarie Grey, writing in JazzTimes, says the recording contains "intimate, sacred moments to vivid cinematic vistas" and calls the artists "a powerful and absorbing combination.