Down Beat (5/92, p.34) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...blends prebop, freebop, fusion, and classical flavors without blinking an eye...his woody, resonant clarinet is packed with pathos..."
Musician (5/92, p.92) - "...Byron has constructed an expansive world view full of intelligence and possibility, nowhere constrained by the limits of genre..."
Village Voice (2/2/93, p.78) - "...A momentous debut. Byron's liquid clarinet is coolly lucid..."
Personnel: Don Byron (clarinet, bass clarinet); Sadiq (spoken vocals); Greta Buck (violin); Richie Schwarz (marimba); Edsel Gomez, Joe Berkovitz (piano); Bill Frisell (guitar); Lonnie Plaxico, Reggie Workman (acoustic bass); Kenny Davis (electric bass); Ralph Peterson Jr., Pheeroan akLaff (drums).
Recorded at Clinton Studios, New York, New York in November 1990 and The Power Station, New York, New York in July 1991. Includes liner notes by Don Byron.