Following up the prelude to this recording, Out of the Mist (Ocean), this trio has exploded into a most impressive improvising unit that will hopefully continue to bring us miracles like this highly recommended CD".

[5] Writing for the Cleveland Scene, Aaron Steinberg commented: "this eponymous debut from Equal Interest keeps a surprisingly meditative mood throughout.

Difficult free music gestures are skillfully submerged in airy themes and folkish melodies, unison passages, and regular pulses.

And even when one of the three musicians takes a solo into outer space, the other two temper the sound with defiantly sweet and calming accompaniment.

"[6] In a review for JazzTimes, Peter Margasak wrote: "Rarely has the phrase 'sum of its parts' applied so accurately to an all-star jazz gathering as it does to Equal Interest... On its eponymous debut the group doesn't merely pool its collective experience... but it brings a startlingly wide world of sounds to the table.