| Heart's Content | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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Heart's Content is an album by jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein.
Bernstein and pianist Brad Mehldau had recorded together several times previously. [1] [2]
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]
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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
All tracks are written by Peter Bernstein except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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