[1][2][3] An earlier version of "Forms and Sounds," without the trumpet interludes, was performed in London on August 29, 1965, and appears on An Evening with Ornette Coleman (Polydor, 1967).

"[5] In a review for AllMusic, "Blue" Gene Tyranny wrote: "The LP includes 'Forms and Sounds'... with densities of melodies alternately free floating or played to an automaton pulse with bluesy, celebratory trumpet interludes... 'Saints and Soldiers' embodies the repression by the religious and political contrasted with saintly discernment, and 'Space Flight' has flashes of unidentified fluttering things which suddenly disappear.

"[1] Rock Salted's Syd Fablo called the album "a crucial recording in [Coleman's] catalog," and stated: "It presents a unique and important facet of his career.

"[7] Regarding "Forms and Sounds," Phil Freeman of Burning Ambulance remarked: "the call and response between the quintet and the trumpet is fascinating, because their playing is relatively gentle, while his is fierce and almost shrill."

He commented: "he sets the two violins up in a way that blurs the line between harmony and conflict, while the viola and cello are doing their own thing in the background.... there are occasional outbursts, but the bulk of 'Saints and Soldiers' is calm verging on mournful.