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Patricia Barber "Higher" 2019 Tour Continues in Canada & more!

The Patricia Barber Trio
featuring 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



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