On Volume 1, Murray is joined by the saxophonists Sabir Mateen and Louis Belogenis, the pianist Dave Burrell and the double bassist Alan Silva.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] In a review for Jazz Times, Chris Kelsey wrote, "The man who invented free-jazz drumming some five decades ago remains as committed and uncompromising-and as ineffably great-as ever....".

"[9] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that, on Volume 1's three-part "Fox Hunting in Manhattan", there is "gunpowder in the air", with Murray playing quietly but "with a constant threat lying below the surface".

Volume 2's "Changing Times" was depicted as "show[ing] off Murray's gift for working with piano-players... taking keyboard phrases and blending them to his own idiom".

"[10] Critic Tom Hull awarded the album an "Honorable Mention" in his seventh Jazz Consumer Guide, and wrote: "Free ranging drums, Sabir Mateen's struggling sax, guests -- Dave Burrell gives Vol.

"[11] A writer for Forced Exposure stated that the album "is full of fire and surprise, ornery as hell, charming and urbane, and totally, unstintingly true to [Murray's] free-spirited aesthetic.