On the album, Watts is joined by cornetist George Turner, trombonist Marty Cook, violinist Frank Kipers, vocalists Amy Schaeffer and Patty Waters, pianist Bobby Few, bassists Cevera Jeffries (listed as "Cevera Jehers"), Juny Booth, and Steve Tintweiss, and drummers J. C. Moses and Tom Berge.

The album was produced by Bill Dixon, whose composition "octobersong" is featured, and who also provided liner notes and played piano on one track.

[7] In an article for Paris Transatlantic, Clifford Allen wrote: "Less of a blowing session than Marzette & Company, it's a record equally deserving of reissue.

It's a shame he didn't record more – three years after the debut, his chops seemed to be coming together and his tone on tenor was quite velvety – but these mysterious snapshots are enough to get at the essence of this Renaissance man well respected by his peers.

"[8] Guitarist Thurston Moore included the album in his "Top Ten From The Free Jazz Underground" list, first published in 1995 in the second issue of the defunct Grand Royal Magazine.