Customer Rating: 
Summary: The CD I've been waiting for her to make!
Comment: Patricia Barber's boxing matching match with sentimentality continues
in this nearly perfect interpretation of Cole Porter classics. She counter-
punches his exuberance with dry wit and brings fun to his cycnicism.
Never has "You're the Top" been so carefree. "Get Outta Town" echoes
Barber's own "Ya Gotta Go Home", the piano mocking the lyrics and the
subject as well.
No one else seems capable of this kind of intelligent, funny, honest
work. Surely no one does it better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another wonderful release!
Comment: Patricia Barber's recordings are of such superb quality that one doesn't expect her to get better, yet she does. A songwriter of the highest caliber, superb pianist and amazing singer who is just scary, genius-level smart.
Many delights here: great versions of Cole Porter, of course. Originals that more than hold their own (the gorgeous eroticism of "Snow" is itself worth the cost of the CD). Chris Potter's unbelievable solos. Perhaps most inspiring, her wonderful band that has been with her for years keeps getting better; guitarist Neal Alger in particular seems to have taken a giant leap forward from his already very high level of play.
Great stuff!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Patricia Barber: Living American Icon
Comment: Naming her a Living American Icon may seem over the top, but then Patricia the musician, the pianist (classically trained and street derived), the songwriter, and not least either(!) a singer carving out mature complex richness, then after listening to her, you are over the top.
Great stuff from a great artist. Love her while she's living.
Summary: The CD I've been waiting for her to make!
Comment: Patricia Barber's boxing matching match with sentimentality continues
in this nearly perfect interpretation of Cole Porter classics. She counter-
punches his exuberance with dry wit and brings fun to his cycnicism.
Never has "You're the Top" been so carefree. "Get Outta Town" echoes
Barber's own "Ya Gotta Go Home", the piano mocking the lyrics and the
subject as well.
No one else seems capable of this kind of intelligent, funny, honest
work. Surely no one does it better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another wonderful release!
Comment: Patricia Barber's recordings are of such superb quality that one doesn't expect her to get better, yet she does. A songwriter of the highest caliber, superb pianist and amazing singer who is just scary, genius-level smart.
Many delights here: great versions of Cole Porter, of course. Originals that more than hold their own (the gorgeous eroticism of "Snow" is itself worth the cost of the CD). Chris Potter's unbelievable solos. Perhaps most inspiring, her wonderful band that has been with her for years keeps getting better; guitarist Neal Alger in particular seems to have taken a giant leap forward from his already very high level of play.
Great stuff!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Patricia Barber: Living American Icon
Comment: Naming her a Living American Icon may seem over the top, but then Patricia the musician, the pianist (classically trained and street derived), the songwriter, and not least either(!) a singer carving out mature complex richness, then after listening to her, you are over the top.
Great stuff from a great artist. Love her while she's living.