[1] In addition to Brubeck on piano, the musicians were Bobby Militello on alto saxophone, Michael Moore on bass, and Randy Jones on drums.

[2] For the title track, "Brubeck's left hand moves chromatically down the scale in flats as his right simultaneously moves up in sharps at a brisk tempo".

[2] "Ballad of the Rhine" dates back to the 1940s, when Brubeck was in the military.

[1] The AllMusic reviewer wrote that the album was "yet another superb CD by the prolific and ageless Dave Brubeck".

[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the daring of the title track, and commented that "Militello plays one of his best solos on a Brubeck disc".