Heart's Content (album)

Heart's Content
Studio album by Peter Bernstein
Released May 27, 2003[1]
Recorded December 14, 2002
Studio Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 57:17
Label Criss Cross
Producer K. Hasselpflug, Gerry Teekens
Peter Bernstein chronology
Earth Tones
(1997)Earth Tones1997		 Heart's Content
(2003)		 Stranger in Paradise
(2004)Stranger in Paradise2004

Heart's Content is an album by jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein.

Background

Bernstein and pianist Brad Mehldau had recorded together several times previously.[1][2]

Music and recording

The album was recorded on December 14, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York.[3] The other musicians chosen were bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart.[2]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated that the album is "almost sublime – unfussy, skilful, complex in tone".[2] BBC Music Magazine commented that Bernstein's "fundamentally patient manner draws the listener in, in the conversational way of great post-bop music".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Bernstein except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Little Green Men"7:42
2."Heart's Content"7:09
3."Relativity"8:41
4."Constant Conversation"8:12
5."Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Charlie Chaplin)7:12
6."Simple as That"8:32
7."Public Domain"6:59
8."Blood Count" (Billy Strayhorn)2:50

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, Ken "Peter Bernstein – Stranger in Paradise". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ "Peter Bernstein + 3 – Heart's Content". Criss Cross Jazz. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Heart's Content" (January 20, 2012). BBC Music Magazine.
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