3 stars out of 5 -- "The real buzz is in the details: subtly percolating rhythms, intense arrangements, powerful soloing and the ever-present prodding of Sanchez's two-fisted attack.", "Herbie Hancock's 'Cantaloupe Island' sets the tone up front....Freddie Hubbard's sizzling 'Crisis' and Horace Silver's 'Silver's Serenade,' given a mambo treatment , reinforce the album's jazz cred..."