The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Scott Yanow commented: "the emphasis is on intense solos and very free improvising. There is plenty of fire displayed on this spirited set".[2]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "The album as a whole has the looseness and immediacy of a live set, but is crisply recorded."[3]
Writing for Elsewhere, Graham Reid stated that the musicians "bridge that divide between the grit of innercity urban life and the Indo-influenced cosmic conscious beyond," and remarked: "On this album... the long past of black American jazz is right there as part of whatever moment the players are in, and whatever future might beckon."[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre except as indicated
"J & M" - 9:25
"African Procesion" - 1:10
"Any Way You Want It" (Longineu Parsons) - 9:34
"N 39" - 7:22
"Not This" - 5:38
"Hexagon" - 7:40
Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy, on June 18, 1979
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