Vocalist Mark Grandfield’s deliver is about as world wise as the leathered look on his album cover, delivering standards in his baritone style with the authority of a hitch hiker finally getting a ride. He’s teamed with John Sneider/tp-fh, Adam Birnbaum/p, Neal Miner/b and Aaron Kimmel/dr, and he turns the lights down low for songs for only the lonely. A stately piano and calm trumpet frame Grandfield on “Nature Boy” w hile Kimmel’s brushes dust off a reflective “Every Time We Say Goodbye”. He bops with Miner on the rapid run of “Just One Of Those Things” and sounds like he’s reflecting on his past on “Call Me Irresponsible”. Songs of a merchant marine.