It was recorded during 1975 and 1976 in Vienna and Paris, and was issued on LP with hand-made cover art by the small, obscure Pipe label, founded by Koglmann in 1973, and having a total of three releases in its catalog.

Lucky fans who can scramble up a copy of the original vinyl pressing will be the proud owners of a totally handmade piece of work, the paper collage design glued and stamped on the front cover and the liner notes literally written individually on each copy in magic marker.

"[1] Mark Corroto of All About Jazz called the album a "gem of a recording," and commented: "These... sessions are significant for the introduction and recognition of Koglmann's horn and, probably more importantly, his compositions."

Dixon arranges the parts to mix melody with meditations, solos vault into the composition and recede.

"[4] Writing for JazzWord, Ken Waxman stated that the recordings "confirm the continued validity of freely expressed improvisation.