[2] When asked to describe the experience of playing with Laswell as a rhythm section without a "horn out front," Graves responded: "I guess it's according to what kind of tradition you’re coming from...

"[3] Graves continued: "with this particular situation with Bill and myself... our understanding exceeds a single concept of how to play music.

"[3] In an article for All About Jazz, Karl Ackermann wrote: "A synergy developed and morphed into a sound that simmered below the surface and then exploded into unique expressions.

"[4] Writer Joel Gausten commented: "Although the song's unstructured nature... might be too much for some ears, those who stick around for the ride will be rewarded with a recording that offers new things to uncover with every listen.

"[5] Albert Gomez, in an article for Al Día, stated that Graves "showed that he had polished the technique so much... that, certainly, the record sounds like the meditations of a shaman fully connected to the earth through rhythms and psychedelia...