The
AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick describes the album as " very enjoyable recording, possibly the last all-around excellent Art Ensemble release before the group's retrenching after the departure of Joseph Jarman and the untimely death of Lester Bowie".[2]
Track listing
"Coming Soon" (Bowie) – 1:31
"African Woman" (Ngubone) – 13:55
"Fundamental Destiny" (Jarman) – 9:14
"Fresh Start" (Mitchell) – 6:42
"Khauleza" (Amabutho Male Chorus) – 2:44
"The Bottom Line" (Art Ensemble of Chicago) – 5:33
"Black Man" (Amabutho Male Chorus) – 9:18
Recorded December 1989 & January 1990 at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY