Heart's Content (album)

Heart's Content
Studio album by Peter Bernstein
Recorded December 14, 2002; Brooklyn, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 57:21
Label Criss Cross

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

  1. "Little Green Men" (Peter Bernstein) – 7:42
  2. "Heart's Content" (Bernstein) – 7:09
  3. "Relativity" (Bernstein) – 8:41
  4. "Constant Conversation" (Bernstein) – 8:12
  5. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Charlie Chaplin) – 7:12
  6. "Simple As That" (Bernstein) – 8:32
  7. "Public Domain" (Bernstein) – 6:59
  8. "Blood Count" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:50

Personnel

References

  1. 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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