Through their first two releases, 2004's "Interconnection" & 2006's "Escapade," guitarist Bob Sneider and pianist Paul Hofmann have developed a masterful and imaginative creative duo dynamic that coalesces here in their finest effort to date. The 66-minute program features original music by Hofmann and Sneider as well as covers of two classic jazz piano compositions - "Peri's Scope" by Bill Evans and "Inception," McCoy Tyner's rollicking minor blues. Recorded by Kent Heckman at his famed Red Rock Recording in Saylorsburg, PA, "Serve and Volley" is a swinging, accessible and highly rewarding peek into a very creative relationship. •"The two are so relaxed together, so in each others pocket that they make the most convoluted motifs sound effortless..." - John Kelman