Patricia Barber

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Patricia Barber (2017)

Patricia L. Barber (born November 8, 1955 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American jazz singer , pianist , composer , songwriter and band leader .

life and career

Barber's parents were both professional musicians; her father is Floyd "Shim" Barber, once a member of the Glenn Miller band, her mother a blues singer . Barber grew up in her hometown and closed in South Sioux City , Nebraska , the high school from. She studied classical music and psychology at the University of Iowa . In 1989 her first album was released under her own name ( Split ), but she only had her breakthrough with her third album on Blue Note Cafe Blue (1994). In addition to performing in clubs in Chicago, she then studied jazz education at Northwestern University, among other things .

Barber's music is characterized by singing in the lower registers and flawless piano playing. Her repertoire consists of standards, including rock music, for example Ode to Billie Joe , A Taste of Honey , Black Magic Woman and The Beat Goes On , and of her own compositions, for which she also writes the lyrics, which are demanding in terms of content.

In 2019, Barber was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Discographic notes

  • Split (Floyd Records, 1989)
  • A Distortion Of Love (Antilles Records, 1992)
  • Cafe Blue ( Blue Note / Premonition , 1994)
  • Modern Cool (Blue Note / Premonition, 1998)
  • Companion (Blue Note / Premonition, 1999)
  • Nightclub (Blue Note, 2000)
  • Verse (Blue Note, 2002)
  • Live: A Fortnight In France (Blue Note, 2004)
  • Mythologies (Blue Note Records, 2006)
  • The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note Records, 2008)
  • Smash (Concord, 2012)

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"I probably would sell more records if I did things a different way, but then I wouldn't be happy."

Given the Billboard listings, this sentence has a distinctly ironic accent:

  • 1998 Modern Cool - Top Jazz Albums 9
  • 1999 Companion - Top Jazz Albums 9
  • 2000 Night Club - Top Jazz Albums 2
  • 2002 Verse - Top Jazz Albums 2
  • 2004 Live: A Fortnight In France - Top Jazz Albums 12
  • 2006 Mythologies - Top Jazz Albums 12
  • 2008 The Cole Porter Mix - Top Jazz Albums 4

Charts & Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patricia Barber: Complete; Not Complacent , at www.allaboutjazz.com, accessed November 12, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Barber, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barber, Patricia L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States