Better Angels (album)

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Better Angels
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Studio album by
Peter Bernstein
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2024
RecordedApril 1, 2024
StudioStudio A, Power Station, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Smoke Sessions

Better Angels is an album by jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein. It was recorded in 2024 and released later that year by Smoke Sessions Records.

Contents

Background

Bernstein and pianist Brad Mehldau had recorded together several times previously. [1] Bernstein was contacted by Smoke Sessions Records around three weeks before the recording, proposing to record him with Mehldau and drummer Al Foster. [2] They added bassist Vicente Archer, who had played on Foster's previous Smoke Sessions recording. [2]

Music and recording

The album was recorded on April 1, 2024, at Studio A, Power Station, New York City. [3] The material is a mix of standards and originals. [4] There were no rehearsals. [2] "No Problem" is a Latin jazz composition by Duke Jordan. [5] As the record label intended to release an LP version of the album, Bernstein decided to record two solo tracks – one to end each side of the LP. [2]

Release and reception

Better Angels was released by Smoke Sessions Records on September 27, 2024. [3] The Jazzwise reviewer concluded: "It's a classy, slow-cookin' record that consistently hits the spot." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Perpetual Pendulum" – 6:28
  2. "Ditty for Dewey" – 6:11
  3. "You Go to My Head" – 6:17
  4. "Born to Be Blue" – 2:54
  5. "Better Angels" – 5:53
  6. "Hazel Eyes" – 6:08
  7. "No Problem" – 5:53
  8. "Lament" – 3:47

Source: [3]

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Dryden, Ken "Peter Bernstein – Stranger in Paradise". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Barth, Joe (October 15, 2024). "Peter Bernstein Talks About 'Better Angels'". Jazz Guitar Today. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Better Angels". bandcamp. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Better Angels". Smoke Sessions Records. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Harris, Selwyn (November 2024). "Peter Bernstein: Better Angels". Jazzwise . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
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