On the album, which features a five-movement composition titled "Togetherness," Cherry is joined by saxophonist Gato Barbieri, vibraphonist Karl Berger, bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and drummer Aldo Romano.

Berger recalled: "For the first time in my experience there was a kind of music with absolutely no problems; there was no need to talk about style... since we spoke different languages, it was hardly possible to communicate verbally... Everything we later played evolved collectively.

[4] Pianist Irène Schweizer included a version of "Togetherness One - First Movement" on her 2001 live album Chicago Piano Solo.

[7] In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "While Cherry plays pretty free, he sounds conservative next to the often-violent wails of Barbieri.

Bob Blumenthal, writing for The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide, called the album "a confident recital," and noted that the tracks "string playful themes together with solos that are free yet convey joy instead of the then prevalent anger.