[1][2] The music recorded on Seasons came about when Silva was asked to organize a concert at short notice following a cancellation by Stan Getz.

[3] Silva recalled: "The engineers thought it was a fantastic challenge: unlimited sound density with no breaks, everybody had a cymbal, three pianos, all mixed down live to two channels.

"[3] In a review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy called the album a "remarkable gargantuan effort... for which the term 'masterpiece' is not too far a stretch," and wrote: "this is a magnificent, rambling, chaotic, lavish, and often meandering spectacle...

Destined to be a classic of its genre, Seasons offers a full-scale radical bombardment from many perspectives, resulting in a smorgasbord of delights.

"[4] Steve Moffic, writing for Jazz Digest, stated: "Seasons begins with a rumbling, rippling theme explored by three pianos... which suggests the forthcoming 'storm.'