Produced by Maurice White, the album features musicians such as Grover Washington, Jr., Ramsey Lewis, Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey, Freddie Hubbard and The Emotions.
[3][4] The jazz group's follow up album, Urban Knights II was released in 1997 by GRP.
[5] Jazz Times claimed, "With moods playful to passionate and players in a relaxed goodtime frame of mind, it’s a perfect party disc.
[3][4] During 2000, the group's third studio album, Urban Knights III, was issued on Narada Records.
[8] People proclaimed "sixties jazz-pop pioneer Ramsey Lewis ("The 'In' Crowd") contributes keyboards on 10 of these 12 tracks by the latest group of hot, young Chicago musicians he has assembled for this urbane joust.