" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Clark took to the studio to lay down some duo tracks. Those recordings have now finally found their way into the world through Some Other Time/Slow Caf��, an album presenting a dozen pieces that speak with casual and reflective charm while highlighting the rapport that these two men have with one another.

The straightforward sensibility of this pair is front and center across this entire program. There's a beautifully centrist quality to the music, ever-present in the unwrapping of familiar heads, the presentation of exploratory statements placed in the foreground, and the volleying of short(er) solos. In an age when the too-clever-by-half types often do standards a disservice through radical and aggressive design modifications, it's refreshing to hear many of these songs in relatively true-to-form states.

The known numbers that pop up along the way here are treated with due respect, but they never show their age; Heckman and Clark find a happy medium in these pursuits, honoring the strengths of form and melody while leaving no layers of dust anywhere.