On five tracks, Rudd appears in a sextet with trombonists Steve Swell and Deborah Weisz, tubist Bob Stewart, bassist and violinist Henry Grimes, and drummer Barry Altschul, while two tracks feature Rudd with five additional trombones plus Altschul.

It's a genuine triumph for Roswell Rudd in the golden years of a very successful occupancy in modern music, and comes highly recommended.

"[1] DownBeat's Bill Shoemaker called the album "masterful," making a solid case for "unity through diversity," and noted that Rudd "uses rhythm to protean ends, creating multiple feels in a performance.

"[4] Raul d'Gama Rose of All About Jazz stated that, on the album, Rudd is "on top of his game," and commented: "He has created a series of songs that traverse myriad geographies, bubbling over through the soul of the vast human Diaspora...

It appears that Roswell Rudd can... do no wrong with song and dance that carries the delightful weight of musical history.