[1][2][3] The concert was intended to be a Blue Notes event, but leader Chris McGregor was delayed.

"[4] Sid Smith of All About Jazz stated: "Here, two 30-plus minute improvisations chart a series of heaving peaks and troughs into which ideas, lines and playful episodes are pitched and tossed with complete abandon...

"[5] Point of Departure's John Litweiler commented: "At the start the three old partners don't quite seem to know what to make of Wright.

But the music soon comes together, as jazz improvisation uniquely unites people, and by the end it sure sounds like brotherly love.

"[7] Writing for London Jazz News, Alexander Hawkins remarked: "The... group dynamics are fascinating: the 'three and one' of the South Africans and their American guest; the 'one versus one' of two combative saxophonists each with plenty to say for themselves; the 'one and one' of the same two saxophonists, whose shared enterprise is to make music together; and the 'us and them' of a rhythm section on devastating form that day, seemingly offering infallible support at the same time as threatening to overwhelm anyone in their way.