Heart's Content

Peter Bernstein | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2003)
• Original Release Date: May 27, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Criss Cross
• ASIN: B00008UAPZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can listen to this one over and over and over..., May 24, 2005

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Carl A. Nelson "Shattered By It All" (St. Petersburg, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart's Content (Audio CD)

... and it just gets better. These guys (and I'm mainly talking about Bernstein and Mehldau) are musical geniuses, both showing unbelievable richness of ideas in song and improvisation. I'm a big fan of Bill Evans but I'm in the process of deciding that Mehldau is an even more inventive pianist. Listening to Mehldau, I can hear strains of Evans, Keith Jarrett and even classical influences but all of these seem to have been fused in the man's subconscious and emerge even more beautiful. Bernstein is such a brilliant guitar virtuoso - coherent, surprising, never sloppy - in my opinion a jazz Segovia - he's got to be one of the best jazz guitarist ever to play. Apparently, Bernstein and Mehldau have been playing together since both were students and it really comes through in their music. The collaboration of these two remakable talents is unusually captivating. Don't miss them together on this fine CD.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sophisticated Bluesieness, May 28, 2003

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Anders Jonasson (Bankeryd Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart's Content (Audio CD)

This is Bernstein 5th album as a leader.This time it is a guitar/piano based album with the fantastic Brad Mehldau on the piano.Bernstein have used Mehldau before (Something is Burnin 1992) and( Signs of life 1994)
The music here is mostly Bernstein originals with 2 exceptions.The Bernstein originals on this one is perhaps a little bit less groovy, than on the other albums ,but they swing hard of course and has that kind of "eternal beauty" and with a very very strong melodic feel that is so typical for Bernstein... My favourites are "Little Green Men" and "Constant Conversation"
Long time associate Bill Stewart (Larry Goldings trio) is on the drums and his report with Bernstein is almost telepatic.
All in all..a wonderful album....that rewards repeated listening.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, Well-Crafted, Straight-Ahead Date, April 16, 2007

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David Conklin (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart's Content (Audio CD)

This is a relaxing album, and quite interesting musically. Bernstein, a very creative composer, wrote 6 of the 8 songs. He plays (mostly) single-note guitar lines, somewhat reminiscent of Grant Green. His solos are lyrical and very well-constructed. Pianist Brad Mehldau is superb, and has many fine, intricate solos. Bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart, who've played together a lot, provide interesting patterns and keep things tight and swinging throughout. There's a cool bass solo on "Simple As That," perhaps my favorite song on the album. All the songs are good, however, and there's a nice variety of tempos. The album ends with a sublime guitar solo performance of "Blood Count," the Billy Strayhorn classic. Liner notes include a lengthy, well-written essay by pianist Mehldau.