Drummer Paul Shaw leads a vintage sounding post bop team with the warm trumpet of Alex Sipiagin, the cool guitar tones of Brad Shepik, lyrical piano with Gary Versace and the bopping bass of Drew Gress for these drum-penned originals. The team struts through the gliding “Heartland” with some warm Hub tones by Sipiangin on the nimble “Shapeshifter” and bold toe tapper “Moment of Clarity”. Shepik is clear as glass on “Song For Everyone” and the team flexes their collective biceps like weightlifters at Venice Beach on “Showdown”. Shaw and Gress dig a deep rivulet for Versace on “Mary Oliver” and pulsate long long distance runners on “Peekaboo”. Comfort food for the ears.