Patricia Barber - Modern Cool - MFSL 45 RPM 180 Gram 3 LP SET #269 RARE SEALED
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VINYL BLAST IS PROUD TO MAKE AVAILABLE THIS RARE NEW SEALED COPY OF MODERN COOL BY PATRICIA BARBER LIMITED TO 2000 AND LONG OUT OF PRINT # 269
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Artist: Patricia Barber
Format: Vinyl Lp 180 gram 45rpm
DiscSet: 3
Genre: Female Vocalist
Condition: New
Label: Mobile Fidelity
Patricia Barber::Modern Cool LIMITED Hand numbered EDITION # 268
Modern Cool was dubbed by Audio magazine "one of the best jazz records of the century" and this LP features a previously-unreleased bonus track, Lennon & McCartney's "The Fool On The Hill." With the same sonic palette of deep dark dazzle as Cafe' Blue, her re-worked renditions of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and Paul Anka's "She's A Lady" join original songs and an adaptation of an E.E. Cummings poem performed with a full choir.
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Detailed item info
Track listing 1. Touch of Trash2. Winter
3. You and the Night and the Music
4. Constantinople
5. Light My Fire
6. Silent Partner
7. Company
8. Let It Rain
9. She's a Lady
10. Love, Put on Your Faces
11. Postmodern Blues
12. Let It Rain - Vamp
13. Fool on the Hill, The
Details Contributing artists: Dave Douglas, Jeff Stitely Quartet, Jeff Stitely, Mark Walker Producer: Patricia Barber Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes Personnel: Patricia Barber (vocals, piano, sound effects); Dave Douglas (trumpet); John McLean (guitar); Jeff Stitely (udu); Michael Arnopol (bass); Mark Walker (drums, percussion); Choral Thunder Vocal Choir (background vocals).
Recorded at Chicago Recording Company, Studio 5, Chicago, Illinois from January 6-9 & February 26, 1998.
Adapter: Patricia Barber.
Personnel: Patricia Barber (vocals, piano); John McLean (guitar); Dave Douglas (trumpet); Mark Walker (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Jim Anderson .
Liner Note Author: Chip Stern.
Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Studio 5, Chicago, IL (01/06/1998-02/26/1998).
Photographers: Barry Elz; Valerie Booth.
The husky-voiced Patricia Barber is perhaps the most intellectually ambitious of mainstream jazz singers. She writes much of her material and, in 2006, released a whole album based on Ovid's METAMORPHOSES! MODERN COOL (1998) is also one of her most musically adventurous albums, made up primarily of ambitious, finely played (and sung) originals--like the trend-watching opener, "Touch of Trash," and the exotic-flavored "Constantinople," which features Cassandra Wilson-like wordless vocals in addition to avant-trumpet star Dave Douglas and Jeff Stitley on the African udu. Not to neglect the old songbook, Barber also includes a few eclectically chosen covers: Arthur Schwartz's "You and the Night and the Music" done rock-guitar style, a tasty "Light My Fire," and a fun and funky "She's a Lady."
Editorial reviews ...Barber mixes Cassandra Wilson's spare stylings and k.d. Lang's suave gender play with smart originals and surprising arrangments... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (10/16/1998)
...MODERN COOL has everything that made CAFE BLUE special: original songs...outside-the-box choices for covers from the popular repertoire; spare, sleek, telling arrangements by Barber's working quintet....one of the best recordings made of a jazz singer with small acoustic ensemble...
Down Beat (09/01/1998)
Stars (out of 5) - ...MODERN COOL has everything that made CAFE BLUE special: original songs...outside-the-box choices for covers from the popular repertoire; spare, sleek, telling arrangements by Barber's working quintet....one of the best recordings made of a jazz singer with small acoustic ensemble...
Down Beat (09/01/1998)
IF THE WINNING BID IS OVER $ 400.00 US THE WINNING BIDDER RECEIVES AS A BONUS THE New Sealed LIMITED EDITION HYBRID UHR SUPER AUDIO CD VERSION OF MODERN COOL BY MOFI (MOBILE FIDELITY) THIS ITEM ALONE IS SELLING FOR more than $150.00 on Ebay. Note this cd plays on SACD and all CD players
Chicago pianist and vocalist Patricia Barber makes ears burn. Her torch song touch speaks volumes to jazz vocal fanatics, but she has an adventuresome side that speaks likewise to fans of woollier jazz. Barber's vocal delivery is swaggering and burnished, always angling against oddball time signatures and often dropping weird lyrical science. From e.e. cummingspoems, Barber moves into prescient observations on our society: "For company in the 21st century," she sings, "I go to the club, talk through the show / I'm so hip there's nothing about jazz /That I don't know."
Trumpeter Dave Douglas and guitarist John McLean add a sharp edge, and the Choral Thunder Vocal Choir give Modern Cool soul-drenched dynamics that push the CD into the realm of instant classics. Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity does the rest, turning this set into one of the best-sounding vocal albums you will ever hear.
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Patricia Barber Modern Cool Track Listing:
Touch Of Trash
Winter
You & The Night & The Music
Constantinople
Light My Fire
Silent Partner
Company
Let It Rain
She's A Lady
Love, Put On Your Faces
Postmodern Blues
Let It Rain
Musicians:
Patricia Barber - piano, vocal, table knives on strings
Michael Arnopol - bass
John McLean - guitar
Mark Walker - drums, percussion,prepared drum kit
Dave Douglas - trumpet
Jeff Stitely - udu
Choral Thunder Vocal Choir
