[1] In a review for AllMusic, Al Campbell noted that although Taylor "played on a multitude of classic jazz sessions," he "only managed to release a few dates as a leader."

"[2] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album a "cracker," and wrote: "Rouse didn't often have to play in two-tenor situations, but he acquits himself with honour against Foster, who moves like a particularly dangerous big cat through Taylor's flashing rhythms... Forty minutes or so of this sort of thing is enough; and this is just right.

"[4] Chris Hovan of MusicHound Jazz stated: "Taylor's Tenors is essentially a blowing session, but what a fine one it is!

Charlie Rouse and Frank Foster make a killer tenor pair, and pianist Walter Davis is no slouch either.

"[3] A writer for Billboard called the album "a happy session," and noted that the tenor players "have a good blowing time."