"Dreamer Awake", is that ethereal vibe from the edges of the phrases. A scat by any other name would be bop, but the truly "instrumental vocal" is a rare bird, indeed. Fresh with phrasing at once legato and staccato, Mark is master enough of his vocal universe to turn things harmonically unvocal at times, but still satisfy. No hipster cliche, this is theory, modes, scales-right on spot. Please, no thin ties or nostalgia in these charts. This is twenty-first century Jazz, played like it was written yesterday. Written by Scott Keck, DJ San Francisco, Cal.