The bulk of the album, a long quartet track, was recorded on April 30, 1998, at Theatre P Scarron in Le Mans, France.

A remaining solo trombone track was recorded on February 6, 1998, at St Giles Cripplegate in London.

[5] In a review for AllMusic, François Couture called the recording "beautiful," and praised "the chemistry between the Tippetts.

Concerning the solo track, he remarked: "Rutherford has a huge range of expression on his trombone: he can match Roswell Rudd's smears and wails just as easily as J. J. Johnson's smooth precision.

"[7] Writing for Metropolis, Richard Cochrane stated: "nothing hangs around for long in this group; blink and, as ever, it's gone...