“THE HARMONIC LANGUAGE OF JAZZ, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, IS CERTAINLY RICH—LOOK HOW MUCH HAS COME OUT OF IT—BUT IT’S CIRCUMSCRIBED. I STARTED WANTING TO HEAR SOMETHING ELSE.” —Patricia Barber
Patricia Barber, the performer known for boldly blurring the lines between poetry, jazz, and art song, has announced the forthcoming release of a new all-standards album Clique, due out August 6th in breathtaking hi-fi. The long-awaited successor to Nightclub, her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite first all standards album, Clique features a tracklist of tunes that Barber has frequently performed as encores throughout her illustrious career, including classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stevie Wonder, Lee Hazlewood, Lerner & Loewe, Thelonious Monk and more. After growing an international cult following, earning the first-ever Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a non-classical songwriter, and becoming an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Patricia Barber is back with a “silk, velvet, languid, warm” journey through music history as she “respects traditions, bends them to make her own points, and freshens them into something new,” as noted in the album liner notes by NPR’s Susan Stamberg.

Paul Julien André Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was number 1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include "El Bimbo", "Toccata", "Love in Every Room/Même si tu revenais", and "Penelope".

Patricia Barber’s unique style and unusual voice made her an easy target for critics in the early days of her career. Her piano playing and singing, while inventive, never ventured close enough to the avant-garde to earn her artistic license, and her insistence on writing her own material and adapting songs from the pop world made her difficult to categorize. A tireless performer who refused to conform to more conventional vocal jazz idioms, she worked her way up through the Chicago jazz scene slowly, almost reluctantly, after having spent several years in Iowa attending college and performing with local groups.

Nightclub stands out as a quiet gem in Patricia Barber’s catalog - offering lush, emotionally rich interpretations of familiar jazz standards in a style that’s intimate yet powerful. While it leans more traditional, the album isn’t just a standards exercise; it’s a deep dive into mood, space, and subtle storytelling.
If you're drawn to jazz that feels personal, moody, and performed with restraint and depth - Nightclub is a compelling listen. And if you're an audiophile, the recording’s quality alone might make it a beloved favorite.

Американская пианистка, вокалистка и композитор Патрисия Барбер (Patricia Barber) - это авангард новой женской школы джазовых музыкантов. Лет десять-пятнадцать назад ее коллеги по жанру на свой страх и риск начали осваивать ту интригующую территорию импровизации, которая пролегала между классическими балладами и техникой смешения ритмов, создающей новые стандарты. Она была в числе первопроходцев. Сегодня Патрисия Барбер обладает репутацией артистки, жестко отстаивающей свою независимость и уделяющей максимум внимания «творческой пристрелке», тщательной и всесторонней оценке будущего альбома. Ее интуиция в этом смысле непогрешима, а потому неудивительна любовь многочисленных фанов, которые за двадцать с лишним лет джазовой карьеры появились у Патрисии сначала в родном Чикаго, а затем по всей Америке и далеко за ее пределами. Начиная с середины 80-х, артистка подготовила и издала девять альбомов, на которых представила не только джазовые обработки поп-мелодий и известные стандарты, но и композиции собственного сочинения.

Стилистически альбом выдержан в рамках того направления, которое они пропагандируют. Задорный вокал Брета Майклса, исполняющего песни про молодежь, яркие и стадионные ударные Рики Роккета, а также заразительные соло гитариста Си Си ДеВилля окунают вас в мир подросткового раздолбайства, когда нужно все и сразу. Качество записи на высоком уровне, а материал, несмотря на некоторую повторяемость, звучит уже более зрело и продуманно, чем ранее. И вообще, альбом можно условно разделить на две части: первая - потенциально хитовая и мощная, а вторая - безликая и натянутая. Таким образом, можно было бы сие творение и сократить без ущерба для успеха. Единственная путёвая вещь on B-side - красивая баллада "Something to Believe In".

Запись новой пластинки вовсю кипела в знаменитой стокгольмской студии Sunlight с продюсером Томасом Скогсбергом (Grave, Entombed, Necrophobic). Мастеринг произведен в немецкой студии Temple Of Disharmony под чутким руководством её владельца Патрика Энгеля (Patrick Engel).

9-й альбом американского певца и музыканта Принса. Вышел 31 марта 1987 года. В книге The Rolling Stone Album Guide альбом назван «лучшим альбомом Принса, самым целостным примером широты его артистизма, и, возможно, лучшим альбомом 1980-х годов».

Patricia Barber is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.

Десятый студийный альбом американского певца Принса, выпущенный 10 мая 1988 года на лейбле Warner Bros. Records. Lovesexy достиг первого места в чарте Великобритании, Новой Зеландии, Швеции и одиннадцатого места в американском чарте Billboard 200, получил платиновый статус в Великобритании и золотой в США.

Имя группы - это дань чуме XIV века, в результате которой погибло около трети населения Европы. Тексты группы о смерти, тьме, отчаянии, печали, гневе и ненависти к религии и человечеству.В период с октября 2001 года по февраль 2002 года Pest записали второй альбом, "Ad se Ipsum" (11 треков и 54 минуты), который был выпущен в ноябре 2002 года немецкий лейблом Fog Of The Apocalypse.

Heaven and Earth (2000 album) – ProjeKct X was a side project of the music band King Crimson during 2000. In 2000, while the band King Crimson recorded their album the construKction of light, the line-up consisted of Robert Fripp on Guitar...

Pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber is the Alanis Morissette of the jazz world. Her serpentine, poetic songs teeter between deftly witty and awkwardly Latinate. Each album is more ambitious than the last, taking her deeper into avant-garde territory both lyrically and instrumentally. Verse is no exception. Case in point: "I Could Eat Your Words," a canny bit of word play in the tradition of "Peel Me a Grape," in which Barber barely gets away with words like "provocation" and "syllogistically," only to sum things up with the devastating line, "sip the spit from your bittersweet rhyme." The indelible track here, though, has to be "If I Were Blue," featuring the line, "If I were blue, like David Hockney's pool/Dive into me and glide under a California sky/Inside your mouth and nose and eyes am I." It's perhaps the best thing Barber has ever written -- it could be considered serious modern poetry if only it didn't rhyme. About the biggest complaint one can lodge against Barber is her insistent denial of melody. Her voice is soft, almost matter-of-fact, and she more or less hints at singing. Obviously, lyrical intent is more important to Barber than how she carries a tune, and her voice does seem more suited to whispering torch songs cabaret-style, such as on "Dansons la Gigue," than delivering any vocal gymnastics. It's just that sometimes her songs could be showcased better with a consistently delivered vocal melody. However, she makes up for her lack of sonorousness (to use a Barber kind of word) with intricate musical arrangements, this time around augmented by the Miles Davis-cum-Lester Bowie trumpet of Dave Douglas. Barber's is a world of cloaked intentions, and Douglas' playful vibrato works like the flame of a candle illuminating her soft, shadowy corners.

Chicago native and classically trained pianist Patricia Barber's sixth album is a collection of downtempo standards, perfect for a rainy day. Taking on classics like "Autumn Leaves," "I Fall in Love Too Easily," "Bye Bye Blackbird," or even "Alfie" is always a risk, but her confident vocals and interpretations eradicate any doubt that she is a master. Her production is spare, allowing her to sing with such melancholy it's almost eerie. Not many performers can relay such harrowing feeling without over-emoting, but Barber makes it seem effortless. Nightclub is an appropriate title; listening to these love songs is like being in a smoky room, courted by a lounge singer. This is a classy, solid effort.