Guitarist Dave Stryker continues his hot streak of groovers with a B3 as he teams up with Jared Gold as well as vibist Steve Nelson and drummer McClenty Hunter for a combination of jazz standards and originals. Stryker’s deliver is always spot on, mixing a bluesy tone with strings that use space, time and taste to a perfect degree. The team gels on the hip boppers like “Shadowboxing” and the snappy read of “Donna Lee” while Gold and Nelson create an oozy slink on “Blues Down Deep” and the lithe read of Wayne Shorter’s “Footprints.” Hunter’s brushes dust off home plate on a cleverly samba’d “Passion Flower” and the team is both subtle and jivey hip on the title track. This is the comfort food of jazz; digest well!