This live concert was a reunion celebration between pianist/composer and , who recorded together eight years before for the album . It took place in Brooklyn in September of 2000 and is a remarkable document. The program is kicked off with a solo feature followed by trio and quintet pieces (including bassist , trombonist , percussionist , and flutist and saxophonist ), before join the proceedings. Each grouping is given a solo piece expressing the musicians' individual gifts as performers. 's long piano solo, is augmented by his band in various settings before work in a trio setting called and perform a stunning duet of Pan-African and rhythms. This leads into long works by each group of musicians before all the ensembles close the concert with a 17-minute piece entitled It is on this last selection that the listener realizes that, in spite of the consummate delight at what has transpired already, the best was saved for last: these three groupings of musicians as an ensemble and as improvising soloists transcend all cultural barriers and come together to form something truly new, haunting, and full of beauty, power, and transformation. It is as if the "sound" that comes from the stage were the elevation of a single prayer being offered simultaneously not only by those performing, but by the audience as well. Listening to this concert on a CD player does not protect one from being enveloped by this experience, this sacred moment in which all literally becomes one. The level of communication is not to be evaluated because it is total. Everything is symbiotic and automatic; boundaries do not dissolve -- they cease to exist. This set goes so much farther than 's previous studio recording that this is the only one that now matters. ~ Thom Jurek