Peter Bernstein Quartet featuring Al Foster “Better Angels” records release

Thu, Oct 10

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $35|$40|$50|$55 Peter Bernstein – guitar Aaron Goldberg – piano Vicente Archer – bass Al Foster – drums “His technique is amazing, using a seamless combination of single-line and chordal playing, and his harmonic ingenuity is endless.” – The Guardian Guitarist Peter Bernstein celebrates the release of his new album Better Angels leading a quartet with pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Vicente Archer, and featuring legendary drummer Al Foster. Bernstein “stands head and shoulders above the crowd,” reports All About Jazz, with The Times (UK) adding, “Bernstein is a master of straight-ahead swing with submerged complexities, which is a way of saying that, while his music is advanced, the listener never feels shut out.” Stereophile calls his featured guest Al Foster “one of the great living drummers in jazz.”