She was accompanied by the pianist Hank Jones, who had played on Firefly (1981), her first record, the double bass player Buster Williams and the drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith.
[1] For the liner notes, Nat Hentoff wrote that Remler said about her composition "East to Wes" that it was an "impression of the earlier bossa nova stuff he did.
"[2] For the AllMusic reviewer, Ken Dryden, this is a highly recommended recording, considering that "The late guitarist's last CD to be released before her premature death is her finest effort".
[3] In the 9th edition of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, Richard Cook and Brian Morton awarded the album a full 4 stars, calling it "impeccable" and "the best example of her work."
They wrote: "While conceived as a Montgomery homage, Remler's playing actually shows how unlike Wes she really was: harder of tone, her solos more fragmented yet equally lucid.