It was recorded on March 16 and 17, 1994, at Eastside Sound in New York City, and was released in 1995 by Soul Note.

On the album, Carroll is joined by saxophonist Erica Lindsay, pianist Steve Adegoke Colson, double bassist Santi Debriano, and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.

[1][2][3][4][5] In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "The ten compositions are all Carroll's, and they cover a variety of moods and grooves.

"[1] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album an "enormously impressive record," and noted Carroll's "line-driven, melodic approach" and soft, "plangent tone."

They commented: "There is still a brassy bite on numbers like "King" and "At Roi", which was originally written for [Julius] Hemphill... in friendly revenge for some of the charts he gave the young trumpeter to play.