Tonic was a music venue located at 107 Norfolk Street, New York City, which opened in the spring of 1998 and closed in April 2007.

John Fordham, writing for The Guardian commented: "McBride's roots lie in R&B, funk and Philly soul as much as bebop.

This triple live album is an impressive commitment to the primacy of groove-based music, freedom, jazz and dance.

"[5] The Buffalo News review by Jeff Simon noted, "There's no use anyone pretending to weep and wail over McBride's abandonment of Charles Mingus Way for an aerie on the path begun by the late Jaco Pastorius.

The first disc has his regular quartet with tenor-saxophonist Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoff Keezer, and drummer Terreon Gully digging into eight numbers, including Weather Report's "Boogie Woogie Waltz" and some straight-ahead jamming.