Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1 March 1999. The World Saxophone Quartet plays a full concert and the tape stays in a drawer for three years. Justin Time released it in 2002 as Steppenwolf, and it turned out to be the last record John Purcell made with the group.

The WSQ mostly recorded in studios. A live album from this period is a different animal: the pieces stretch out, the four players introduce their own tunes at the microphone, and Oliver Lake reads a spoken narrative. Jim Santella at All About Jazz noted that hearing their voices brings the listener closer to the band, and another AAJ writer compared the change to taking a Ferrari off the racetrack and onto the open road.

The programme runs 72 minutes with Hamiet Bluiett on baritone, Lake and Purcell on altos and sopranos, David Murray on tenor and bass clarinet, and ends with Bluiett's Hattie Wall, the theme song the group has used since its early days. The Penguin Guide, which surveyed the whole Justin Time run, picked this as the one to recommend above the others, the night when Purcell finally sounded like a permanent member, and singled out the quartet's Giant Steps as a career high point.

Japanese CD edition from Solid's Justin Time series.