Amazing to finally hear clarinet in a modern jazz setting. It takes a while to get in to the songs because they are pretty complex but so rewarding when you stick with it. Frank has a fantastic clean, bright and mean sound and all this he displays in compelling passages of bebop and other musical influences.

I don't own much jazz, mostly classical and easy rock, but this album (the entire thing) just really spoke to me. The clarinet work is terrific especially in "The Last Blue Tang". It so touched my heart and maybe my soul.

This album is so spectacular in every way that it's hard to know where to begin. The playing, of course, is spot-on perfect, creative and powerful. The compositions are consistently interesting and surprising, as are the arrangements and orchestration. The string writing is fresh and gorgeous and emotional without ever becoming cloying. there's an enormous overall intellectual impact to the package and its contents that is no accident. I note that Glover designed the album's look as well as its music. Did I mention that I liked it? You'll never hear any better clarinet playing than this, and the varied settings make for an easier listening experience than in, for example, his previous album which was strictly clarinet/piano, great though that album was. Still, this is demanding music and you should shut up while it's playing and listen intently, because the music deserves your full attention. I haven't heard very many albums by recent crops of jazzers which have moved me the way I was moved by the classics of decades ago, but this album is one which carries on that tradition.