01/08/2005 Brian Glasser, Jazzwise Magazine

“A carefully crafted love letter to the American jazz that flowered so gorgeously in the ‘70s, written and read by English sensibilities of the here and now. Think various incarnations of Weather Report, think Herbie [Hancock]; but also think South London and John Surman…It’s some feat to pull this off, both in terms of musicianship and self-conviction...Credit Patrick Wood, the project’s composer-arranger: he has created the simultaneous loose-tight musical situations that allow his associates to stretch out and reach new heights while keeping them grounded. It’s invidious to single out any contributor, but this kind of music is critically dependent on pulse and Nic France’s drumming really floats the boat...the whole thing’s a fresh, passionate delight from start to finish.”

01/07/2005 Jez Nelson, Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3

“Oh yeah! Don’t you just LOVE well played fusion – once its in your blood you’ll never get it out! First up it was the maestro himself Joe Zawinul, and then - did you hear the join? - a new U.K. band called the Works…REALLY like that…”