Better Angels (Vinyle LP) / Peter Bernstein

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Perpetual Pendulum - Ditty for Dewey - You Go to My Head - Born to Be Blue - Better Angels - Hazel Eyes - No Problem - Lamen Bernstein assembles an all-star quartet for his impressive outing, Better Angels, featuring pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Vicente Archer, and legendary drummer Al Foster. The most essential element in creating great jazz is neither practice, nor virtuosity, nor compositional genius, though all are important – it is relationships. Peter Bernstein has become an expert at making remarkable music from the connections he has forged over his three-and-a-half-decade career. Bernstein's mastery is reflected in the impressive list of artists for whom he has been the guitarist of choice over the years, ranging from legends like Sonny Rollins, Lou Donaldson, Jim Hall, David "Fathead" Newman, and Dr. Lonnie Smith, to peers such as Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Eric Alexander, and Nicholas Payton. So, when the time comes to put together an all-star quartet, Bernstein has an incomparable list of musicians to call upon. However, the esteem in which his collaborators are held is never Bernstein's primary motivation – as always, the understated guitarist is simply driven by the desire to create the best music possible.