"One of the 10 Best Science Books of the Year."
–Booklist "This guy is capable of some mean jazz with whales. Yes, with whales. ... The results are astounding."
–The New York Times "While Rothenberg's madcap mission to play jazz to the whales seems as crazy as Captain Ahab's demented hunt for the great White Whale, it is sometimes such obsessions that reveal inner truths. His affecting and often moving music is aural evidence of his attempt to bridge emotion and rationality, with a faintly bonkers but undoubtedly stimulating intent: to push at the barriers between human history and natural history. By coming to a better understanding of these strange, beautiful, and sentient animals, we begin to understand ourselves, too."
–London Daily Telegraph