PATRICIA BARBER VERSE 45 RPM MFSL 2LP BOX SET LTD EDITION No.1190 Sealed

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**PATRICIA BARBER ~ VERSE ~ 2LP 180g 45RPM VINYL BOX SET**


FULL PRODUCT DETAILS:

Patricia Barber ?– Verse
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab ?– MFSL 2-45007
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Vocal, Avantgarde, Ballad, Contemporary Jazz

PRODUCT CONDITION & GRADING:

**NEAR PERFECT FACTORY SEALED CONDITION!!**

**APART FROM THE OUTER 2LP COVER LIGHT FLAWS "ONLY ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE CORNER & RIGHT HAND SIDE BOTTOM OF THE BOX", THIS RARITY HAS REMAINED UNOPENED & IN FACTORY SEALED CONDITION**

PATRICIA BARBER'S "BRIEF" BIOGRAPHY:

*From her early days leading a jazz trio in small Chicago nightclubs, Patricia Barber has drawn extravagant accolades. The praise came at first from local writers, impressed by her unique arrangements and coolly composed piano improvisations.*

*As she added vocals to her repertoire, the praise poured in from national reviewers intoxicated by her recordings. And when (after years of international touring) she began to focus on her own compositions, kudos arrived from new fans, besotted by her lapidary lyrics and her often indelible imagery.*

*Since Barber doesn’t consider herself a poet – and since she didn’t want to be a jazz pianist in the first place – you’d have to say things turned out pretty well.*

*Barber wrote (in Poetry Magazine, in 2005):
“I am a songwriter, which is not the same thing as a poet. Poetry is a passion, my ever present guide and inspiration. Though I indulge in very little of the lingua franca of the art. . . . I cannot talk about poetry, but I know poetry. Alone, with logic and diligence, I have studied, but for me art can be created neither by logic nor diligence. Like music, poetry is created in the mouth, in the ear, and in the air.”*

*That’s an especially nuanced explanation; then again, the gleaming successes of Barber’s art lie in the nuances, the nooks and crannies, of conventional performance.*

*When the veteran music writer Don Heckman (in the Los Angeles Times) called Barber “one of the most utterly individual jazz performers to arrive on the scene in years,” he wasn’t referring to the virtuosic spectacle that comes all too easily to today’s jazz artists; he had homed in on the quiet audacity with which Barber has redefined the role of the singer-songwriter for 21st-century jazz.*

TRACK LISTINGS ~ CREDITS & EDITORIAL REVIEWS:

Track Listings:

A1 The Moon 6:02
A2 Lost In This Love 3:01
A3 Clues 4:57
B1 Pieces 5:33
B2 I Could Eat Your Words 7:49
C1 The Fire 4:49
C2 Regular Pleasures 5:40
D1 Dansons La Gigue 4:18
D2 You Gotta Go Home 3:16
D3 If I Were Blue 6:00

Credits:

Art Direction, Design [Graphic] – Isabelle Wong
Bass – Michael Arnopol
Drums – Eric Montzka (tracks: 9), Joey Baron (tracks: 1 to 8)
Engineer [Assistant] – Jarod Kluemper, John Larson, Manny Sanchez*
Executive Producer – Michael Friedman
Guitar – Neal Alger
Mastered By – Allan Tucker
Photography By – Jimmy Katz
Piano [Steinway Grand], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Vocals, Lyrics By [Words], Music By, Producer – Patricia Barber
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jim Anderson
Technician [Piano] – Charles Terr
Trumpet – Dave Douglas

Editorial Reviews:

*Patricia Barber has made enough breakout albums to be brought up on charges. Her career, not to mention her music, has been like a giant rainbow arcing eternally upward with bursts of bright giddy colors and dark moody tones. But like her last album, Nightclub, and before that Companion and Modern Cool, this is the one that will bring her a bigger audience.*

*The difference here is that this is the singer-pianist's first album of all original songs. With Dave Douglas dancing his trumpet around her witty and literate tales, these 10 scholarly vignettes are reminiscent of the way the great Cole Porter educated his listeners while thoroughly twisting the English language in an irresistibly entertaining way.*

*"I Could Eat Your Words" is about philosophy, cooking, and falling in love with your college professor. In it she somehow can "suck the salt from erudition, drink remorse like a cabernet, sweeten with equivocation" and still swing. Many singers would still be stuck on "erudition" while Barber--all sly, darkly slick, and witty--continues to compose from a high artistic perch.*

*Mentioning David Hockney, Edward Hopper, and Goya in the text of "If I Were Blue," and Baudelaire in "You've Gotta Go Home," ain't no easy trick.* --Mark Ruffin

**As you would expect, the sonics are just as stunning as the performances. The bass playing of Michael Arnopol is incredible and recorded impeccably. Neil Alger's guitar playing is his best work to date and really stands out in his solos. Drum work by Eric Montzka suits the band perfectly.**

**Barber's singing and playing are tremendous, and through her arrangements, allows the band to truly express themselves.**

ENTHUSIASTIC CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

5.0 out of 5 stars
"The Heart of A Poet"
September 4, 2002
By A. Davis:

*Wow! What a wonderful experience. Patricia Barber has taken her art to a higher level on "Verse". Being a fan of her previous work, I was excited to learn that this project would contain all original songs. Previous recordings, "Cafe Blue" and "Modern Cool" gave us plenty of glimpses into Barber's song writing capabilities.*

*These songs have some of the most interesting lyrics I have heard in a long time. They are brought to life by music that uses space and odd timbre to lift the vocals to an almost visual level. You can see the paintings that each song sketches. This is high-end art.*

*This music comes at you from several different directions. At one moment you are trapped in the wonderfully twisted lyrics and the next minute you are completely intrigued by the excellent music. It doesn't hurt that the musicians used on "Verse" are first rate exploratory Jazz artist. Barber's piano is as warm and vibrant as ever, but her singing is absolutely beautiful. The contrast between her voice and Dave Douglas' trumpet will give you goose bumps. There is a dark and introspective quality to this music that brings to mind Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" recording from the late 70's.*

*All ten of these songs are wonderful - so it is not possible to pick a favorite. Each composition contains its own halo of beauty. If you are tired of warmed over standards and need a new vibe - pick up "Verse."*

*This music is refreshing, stimulating and beautiful. Great job Patricia - you have created a modern classic.*

5.0 out of 5 stars
"A compelling album and a highpoint for Barber"
January 8, 2003
By N. Dorward:

**I've been in the past intrigued by Barber's work even though it hadn't always clicked for me, & I hadn't been strongly impressed by the two last discs, _Companion_ & _Nightclub_ (the latter a set of standards so low-key as to be ultimately rather dull).**

**So _Verse_ came as something of a surprise, one of her most fully satisfying albums. Read on the page her lyrics can be a bit arch and over-literary (her enthusiasm for ee cummings is an ominous sign), but as a singer she manages to give them a slightly veiled delivery which puts them over very nicely.**

**She's got a terrific band here--Dave Douglas & Joey Baron are the stars of course, & there's her regular bassist Michael Arnapol, but the real standout is guitarist Neal Alger, whom I've not come across before. He's really the main person responsible for the textures & coloration here much of the time, since Barber herself only plays piano on a few tracks.**

**There are some stunningly strange moments on the album--the weightless opening of "The Moon", the mournful echoing guitar & tiny shards of a distant string orchestra on "Clues"--as well as some attractive grooves, often in Barber's favourite off-kilter time-signatures (5 and 7).**

**The one dud for me is "The Fire", which seems to me an attempt to work in the territory of short-story writers like Raymond Carver--it's a bit too cliched in its portrayal of a suburban housewife's ennui to work, I think, & the music is nearly static.**

**Very much recommended. Like most of Barber's work it'll probably divide people into virulently opposed camps: it was quite instructive to see that in _Downbeat_ they handed this to four critics & ended up, not with consensus, but with two extremely enthusiastic reviews & two bitter pans. I'm on the side of the enthusiasts: how about you?**

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