[1][2][3][4] In a review for All About Jazz, Rex Butters wrote: "Charles spins a strong web of invisible rhythms as Morris drops chewy subharmonic power.

"[5] Regarding the 2004 reissue, AAJ's Terrell Kent Holmes stated that it "will enhance Bang's stature as one of the most vital and original voices on the scene today.

"[9] Critic Tom Hull awarded the reissue a grade of "A−", calling it "exhilarating," and commenting: "Bang squares off with Don Cherry on an Ornette-centered song list, one of the most exciting encounters of either's career.

"[7][10] One Final Note's Derek Taylor described the music as "affirming and accomplished," and remarked: "Cherry's voice-like inflection on pocket trumpet proves an ideal match for the sliding speech-like glisses of Bang's bow...

The concord shared by Morris and Charles makes the meeting all that sweeter and the drummer in particular shines through a permeable lattice of muscular tom-driven rhythms.