 The album was recorded in 2007 in Englewood, NJ to celebrate his 70th birthday in 2008 and released on the Times Square label in the same year as his milestone birthday and his subsequent death in the winter.George Kanzler of "Jazz Times" noted "This CD is an example of that dynamic at play in jazz.A decade ago, legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s playing career seemed shot, as he’d burned out his lip and couldn’t sustain the firebrand style that had always been his trademark, especially not in the small-group format".