Classic sounds of post hard bop are delivered by the quintet of Donny Kennedy/as, Jeremiah McDade/ts, Paul Shrofel/p, Rich Irwin/dr and leader Solon McDade/b. The bassist’s compositions have irresistible pulses, most of them introduced by the leader’s hip lines before the silky saxes form a frothy front of melody. The team skips bounces to “He’s A Problem…” and snaps with delight to Irwin’s sticks on the crisp “Whatever Whatever.” Some sighing tenor sax makes “Buy the Tractor” a delight” and Shrofel’s piano is pretty as it canters with the team on “A Shorter Thing” while building up to a climax on a dramatic thrill ride of “The Ballad of Sir William Ormeod.” Melding reeds on “Do Airplanes Scratch the Sky” and warm moods on a sleek “Off the Bed, Rose” make this a protein meal, full of red meat.