"pisces calling" was released by trident records on lp, and was reissued on cd in japan in 2009. crtiic marc myers wrote: "throughout "pisces calling", mabern's fingering is commanding and lyrical. his chords aren't merely played but hurled like fistfuls of darts, and there's an urgent snap to his delivery. his use of three different keyboards on different songs provides the album with texture and dimensional moods." the "new york daily news" reviewer commented that the title track "ebbs and flows with surging chords and liquid arpeggios strongly evocative of the sea. and mabern sails through it as if he were riding the crest of a whitecap."