In his review for
AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "For this live concert recorded at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, a mostly all-star group of Texas jazzmen (plus pianist Ellis Marsalis from New Orleans) was gathered together. The music, which includes four blues and three standards among its nine selections, lacks any real surprises. ... Some better planning and the utilization of a few charts (rather than the funcitonal frameworks) would have elevated the pleasing date to a much higher level".[4] The
Los Angeles Times said "there's a lot of good, unpretentious playing here... More originality and less predictability would have improved this date".[5]