In the liner notes Bloom mentioned, "On this Compact Disc I tried to create a setting where the line between composed material and improvisation would disappear, so that simply the playing would come through.

At the sessions, part of the challenge for a player was finding a creative edge on a number of pieces that weave in and out of the jazz tradition.

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "Jane Ira Bloom is teamed with pianist Fred Hersch in a quartet that explores a variety of melodic material in unexpected ways.

Bloom, one of the top soprano saxophonists around and a creative user of electronics, has a fairly original tone and her improvisations are consistently full of surprises.

The sound which she calls "jazz without a safety net" is so pleasant and comfortable that even non-jazz lovers are warming to it.