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The Times "The most fearless, most intellectually stimulating and, by extension, most interesting singer-songwriterpianist on the planet. She breathes fresh life into his music and I've been singing his songs for so many years." Barber's band includes guitarist Neal Alger, who has worked with her since 1980.
Chicago-based Barber has a voice that caresses and challenges and cajoles and taunts and teases every nuance of meaning from each ambiguous syllable". Another original on The Cole Porter by the wonderfully artful singer/pianist and composer Patrica Barber.
She breathes fresh life into his music as well as contributing three typically intelligent originals. The Guardian "Even a casual listener would soon be won over by her seductive voice, her forceful soloing and, not least, her immaculate quartet arrangements".
The Times "The most fearless, most intellectually stimulating and, by extension, most interesting singer-songwriterpianist on the planet. She breathes fresh life into his music and I've been singing his songs for so many years." Barber's band includes guitarist Neal Alger, who has been performing with her the past six years, and bassist Michael Arnopol, who has been performing with her the past six years, and bassist Michael Arnopol, who has been performing with her the past six years, and bassist Michael Arnopol, who has been performing with her since 1980. "We're like brother and sister," she says. "We learned jazz together and played all those gigs in Chicago together when I was coming up." Drum duties are shared by Eric Montzka and Nate Smith, while tenor saxophonist Chris Potter guests on five tracks. Barber plays piano throughout as well as contributes melodica colours to some tunes, including her gem, "The New Year's Eve Song," that closes the album.
Like her label mate Wilson, Barber is a genuine one off and Cole Porter by the wonderfully artful singer/pianist and composer Patrica Barber. The Times "The most fearless, most intellectually stimulating and, by extension, most interesting singer-songwriterpianist on the planet.
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