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| Patricia Barber "Higher" 2019 Tour Continues in Canada & more!  The Patricia Barber Triofeaturing Patrick Mulcahy and Jon Deitemyer Higher - ArtistShare Internationally acclaimed American composer singer/pianist Patricia Barber is back with a new recording on ArtistShare, her first since the critically celebrated Smash (Concord, 2013). Higher marks Barber's return with another form-shattering collection of original material. Renowned as a singular songwriter for her harmonic sophistication and incisive lyrics, Barber made several albums for Premonition and Blue Note Records that sold over 100, 000. Barber, who has won a Guggenheim fellowship in Composition, once again brings thrilling original material into the jazz orbit. Featured on Higher is an art song cycle, "Angels, Birds, and I...", that can be performed by jazz vocalists and instrumentalists as well as classical singers. In 2015 Barber toured an early version of the cycle in concerts with Renée Fleming. In 2016 she took the cycle to Chicago's Harris Theater to open the prestigious Ear Taxi New Music Festival. Performing here with her long-time jazz trio (Patrick Mulcahy-bass, Jon Deitemyer-drums) and guests, Barber juxtaposes "Angels, Birds, and I..." with some of her celebrated arrangements from the American Songbook. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, AZ The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Thursday, May 16, 2019 Dazzle Denver, CO The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Thursday, May 23, 2019 The Dakota Minneapolis, MN The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Friday, June 14, 2019 The Green Mill "Higher" record release! Chicago The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums w Jim Gailloreto on tenor saxophone Neal Alger on acoustic guitar on guitar Saturday, June 15, 2019 The Green Mill "Higher" record release! Chicago The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums w Jim Gailloreto on tenor saxophone Neal Alger on acoustic guitar on guitar Saturday, June 22, 2019 Ottawa Jazz Festival - National Arts Centre - The Studio Ottawa Canada The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Monday, June 24, 2019 Victoria Jazz Festival - McPherson Playhouse Victoria, Canada The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Vancouver Jazz Festival - Performance Work Vancouver, Canada The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Friday, June 28, 2019 Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest - The Bassment Saskatoon, Canada The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums Sunday, June 30, 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival - Monument National Montreal, Canada The Patricia Barber Trio Patrick Mulcahy on bass Jon Deitemyer on drums What the press is saying... "Inspired by classical works and the challenge of making jazz music more expansive, the latest project came to life. And again Barber knows how to create a more artistic side of modern jazz, without denying the traditional roots of American jazz music." - hifi Magazine - Eric De Boer - Higher "With a new art song cycle under the arm, she shows how she can change with the times, keep things fresh and not lose her way in trying something new." Midwest Record - Chris Spector - Higher "Few performers in or out of jazz are as consistently brilliant as Patricia Barber. ...Brainy. Beautiful." - JazzTimes "Barber braids wrenching, elemental poetry into a private musical language fashioned from the yearning ache of Bill Evans' piano, Joni Mitchell's zigzag introspections, Jobim's winking mix of high end philosophy and pastel melody and an occasional explosion of skronk and funk." - DownBeat write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |