In a review for
AllMusic, Brian Olewnick wrote: "
Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America represented Leroy Jenkins' first venture into a field where contemporary classical and jazz were beginning to merge, a more modern Third Stream... The piece uses extensive improvised passages, but both the written material and the rhythms employed are relatively distant from a jazz feel, though with Jenkins a strong blues affinity is never far beneath the surface...
Space Minds... is a fine album, one of Jenkins' best outside of the Revolutionary Ensemble, and an excellent introduction to his world."
DownBeat awarded 5 stars. In his review, Kenneth Terry wrote, "it is Jenkins' unique voice that comes through, summing up the particular mood of the moment". ==Track listing==