Stranger in Paradise (Peter Bernstein album)
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2004[1] | |||
Recorded | August 24–25, 2003 | |||
Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Venus | |||
Producer | Tetsuo Hara, Todd Barkan | |||
Peter Bernstein chronology | ||||
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Stranger in Paradise is an album by jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein.
Background
[edit]Bernstein and pianist Brad Mehldau had recorded together several times previously, and bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart had played with the guitarist on his Heart's Content album.[2]
Music and recording
[edit]Three of the tracks are Bernstein originals. The album contains "elements of hard bop and post-bop, including an intriguing, slightly off-center approach to 'Stranger in Paradise' and an intricate, moving interpretation of 'This Is Always'".[2] Also covered are "a greasy arranging of Babs Gonzales' 'Soul Stirrin' ' and a breezy take of 'That Sunday, That Summer'".[2]
Reception
[edit]The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that this and Bernstein's previous album, Heart's Content, "work at every level".[3]
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Track listing
[edit]- "Venus Blues" (Bernstein)
- "Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright)
- "Luiza" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
- "How Little We Know" (Springer)
- "Bobblehead" (Bernstein)
- "Just a Thought" (Bernstein)
- "This Is Always" (Harry Warren)
- "Soul Stirrin'" (Babs Gonzales)
- "That Sunday, That Summer" (Joe Sherman, George David Weiss)
- "Autumn Nocturne" (Josef Myrow)
Personnel
[edit]- Peter Bernstein – guitar
- Brad Mehldau – piano
- Larry Grenadier – bass
- Bill Stewart – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Dryden, Ken. "Stranger in Paradise". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d Dryden, Ken "Peter Bernstein – Stranger in Paradise". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.