Patricia Barber
Musician
Singers In The Rain: Jazz Amid The Deluge...of the result. Rain apparently suits Gene Kelly just fine. It also suits Chicago-based singer, composer and pianist Patricia Barber, but for quite different reasons. She expresses her feelings about the rain in a much different manner... In this article: Gene Kelly, Mel Torme, Patricia Barber, Singin' in the Rain, Here's That Rainy Day, Singin' in the Rain, Phil Woods, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Louis Armstrong |
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all about jazz | October 27, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Drummer/Composer Dana Hall Debuts with Into the Light on Origin Records, Nov. 17
...to the Black Power Movement.) The drummer has worked with Chicagoans such as Von Freeman, Malachi Thompson, Bobby Broom, Patricia Barber, and Kurt Elling, and for the last 15 years with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, serving as its music...
In this article: Rodney Whitaker, Billy Hart, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Chicago
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all about jazz | October 07, 2009
FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Legendary Downbeat Magazine Devotes a 16-Page Insert to the Best of the Fests
Lastly, the insert includes a question-answer interview by reporter Michael Jackson with pianist, composer and performer Patricia Barber. It sheds light on the artist's impressions of her Montreal stints and incidentally reveals some of her...
In this article: Montreal and Michael Jackson
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Wikipedia | October 03, 2009
Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)
Potter has released a number of albums as leader and has performed and recorded with many leading musicians including Patricia Barber, Kenny Werner, Red Rodney, Marian McPartland, the Mingus Big Band, Paul Motian, Ray Brown , Jim Hall ,...
In this article: Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Kevin Hays, Scott Colley, Concord, Vertigo, Nate Smith, and Joanne Brackeen
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Wikipedia | August 26, 2009
Patricia Barber
Patricia Barber (born 24 March 1956 in Chicago) is an American jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, and bandleader. She was born to parents who were both professional musicians; her father is Floyd "Shim" Barber, a former member of Glenn...
In this article: Cole Porter, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Black Magic Woman, Ode to Billie Joe, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Chicago
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Times Online | July 09, 2009
Patricia Barber: Monday Night
...from here In Britain - well, London - we like to think that all great music passes our way. But in her long career Patricia Barber, a Chicago singer of cool intelligence, has scarcely dropped by. A fleeting appearance in 2006 at...
In this article: Norah Jones, Cole Porter, Diana Krall, Chicago, London, and Paris
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Chicago Tribune | July 08, 2009
Guitarist Neal Alger steps into spotlight
So it was only a matter of time before Neal Alger stepped forward to make a statement of his own. As sideman with vocalists Patricia Barber and Typhanie Monique, Alger has proved a consistently witty foil. But that's different than leading...
In this article: Horace Silver, Blue Note Records, E-mail, Sonny Clark, and Fareed Haque
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The Seattle Times | May 22, 2009
Jazz takes a giant leap with Bellevue Jazz Festival
...Jazz Festival The Bellevue Jazz Festival, with main stage acts Dianne Reeves, the Mingus Big Band, Kurt Elling, Mose Allison, Patricia Barber and Danilo Perez, takes place at Meydenbauer Center and other downtown Bellevue venues May...
In this article: Dianne Reeves, Jose Gonzales, Danilo Perez, Kurt Elling, and Mose Allison
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washingtonpost.com | February 15, 2009
Live Last Night: Patricia Barber
Jazz pianist and singer-songwriter Patricia Barber often brings a certain physicality and willfulness to her performances, and that certainly was the case at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater on Friday night. Read the rest of the review...
In this article: Cole Porter, You're the Top, and Antonio Carlos Jobim
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all about jazz | February 14, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Patricia Barber Plays a Special 'Funny Valentine'
Patricia Barber sings with a cool, insinuating delivery, as if she's whispering in your ear over a very dry martini in a smoky dive. So although she's best known for her original songwriting, the jazz vocalist and pianist was well-suited to...
In this article: Cole Porter, Valentine's Day, My Funny Valentine, NPR, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Washington, D.C
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NPR | February 14, 2009
Patricia Barber Plays A Special 'Funny Valentine'
Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. Though best known for her own songwriting, Patricia Barber says that singing standards was once how she made a living. "When I was 23 years old, I was doing Cole Porter...
In this article: Cole Porter, Valentine's Day, My Funny Valentine, NPR, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Washington, D.C
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Patricia Barber (born 24 March 1956 in Chicago) is an American jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, and bandleader. She was born to parents who were both professional musicians; her father is Floyd "Shim" Barber, a former member of Glenn Miller's Band. She was raised in South Sioux City, Nebraska.
Her music is centered on her singing, in a fairly low register and a traditional blues-jazz style, and her piano playing, which is technically accomplished. Her repertoire includes original compositions and standards drawn mostly from classic-rock, including "Ode to Billie Joe," "A Taste of Honey," and "Black Magic Woman." She is known for imbuing her songs with intelligence and a wide and unusual vocabulary, which results in complex and witty lyrics. Her 2006 album, Mythologies, is a set of songs based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. In September 2008, she released "The Cole Porter Mix," a collection of her unique takes on the classic Cole Porter songbook, as well as three original compositions inspired by Porter.
Barber is a lesbian; interviews with her suggest that she does not try to hide this fact, but that she 'tires' of the public interest in her sexuality and dislikes the fact that it contributes to her fame.(Interview with San Diego Gay and Lesbian Times)
In 2007, Premonition Records presented The Premonition Years: 1994-2002, a three-CD box set of Barber recordings divided into originals, standards, and pop. The set includes unreleased tracks and selected songs previously released on Cafe Blue, Modern Cool, Companion, Nightclub and Verse. Those five albums have been reissued by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on SACD and limited edition 45 rpm half speed mastered, 180 gram audiophile vinyl.
- Name At Birth:
- Patricia Barber
- Birth Date:
- March 24, 1956
- Birthplace:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Occupation:
- Singer
- Instrument Played:
- Piano
- Vocals
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