The All-Star Game is a live album by saxophonists Marshall Allen and Kidd Jordan, bassists William Parker and Alan Silva, and drummer Hamid Drake.
"[3] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, and stated: "The real interest of this date is how subtly and strongly the two bass-players work together, developing an involving discourse as the set continues and almost pushing the saxophones into an accompanying role in places.
"[4] Bill Shoemaker, writing for Jazz Times, commented: "The All-Star Game... manages to split the difference between a convivial homerun hitting contest and a soul-baring gestalt session... Not only do the musicians get ample opportunities to jack a few out of the park, they are also able to team up in various combinations and create inspired collective statements.
"[5] An All About Jazz article by Jeff Stockton stated: "Each of these players is an expert musician in every conceivable form of group interplay, from duos and trios to big bands, and The All-Star Game touches on all of them through improvisational creativity, disciplined restraint, or simple flat-out energy...
"[6] Dan Warburton, in a review for Paris Transatlantic, wrote: "The combined age of these five gentlemen may be well past 300, but any one of them could go the full fifteen rounds with the young cats and probably floor them with a hook to boot.