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Vintage hard bop in the realm of Horace Silver and Art Blakey is served up by trumpeter Eric Jacobson and his quintet of Geof Bradfield/ts, Bruce Barth/p, Dennis Carroll/b and George Fludas/dr on this album of Blue Note-based originals. Barth taps into his inner Herbie Hancock on the rapid run of "Survival" and is jivey on the hip blues "Pause Time". Jacobson is mellow and sleek on "My Love for Amy" and forms a boogaloo line with the big and bold Bradfield on "Heading Home", while the rhythm team sizzles to Fludas' ride cymbal on "Sunset Suite". Night of the cookers!