In a review for Jazz Times, Bill Bennett commented: "The word virtuoso comes to mind and quickly falls short of the mark in characterizing the ineffable totality of the World Saxophone Quartet... John Purcell... has brought stability and a creative spark to the chair vacated by Julius Hemphill a decade ago... The Quartet's rendering of Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'... asserts its claim to a very high spot in the ranks of collective improvisation."
