Patricia Barber - A Distortin Of Love

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Conditie: Nieuw

Genre: Jazz

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Originally released in 1992 -2012 US Numbered Limited Edition 180g 2XLP from Mobile Fidelity - Acclaimed Pianist/Singer’s Oft-Neglected 1992 Sophomore Effort Teems With Poetic Enterprise and Intrepid Originality. Smooth, Transparent Sonics Worthy of ...
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  Release date: 13-08-2012(originally released in 1992)

2012 US Numbered Limited Edition 180g 2XLP from Mobile Fidelity - Acclaimed Pianist/Singer’s Oft-Neglected 1992 Sophomore Effort Teems With Poetic Enterprise and Intrepid Originality. Smooth, Transparent Sonics Worthy of an Intimate Venue: One of Only Two Barber Albums to Never Have Been Reissued—Until Now.

Tracks:
A1     Summertime
A2     Subway Station # 5

B1     You Stepped Out Of A Dream
B2     Parts Parallels

C1     Or Not To Be
C2     Yellow Car
C3     Yet Another In A Long Series Of Yellow Car

D1     I Never Went Away
D2     My Girl
D3     By Myself

Patricia Barber’s origins are commonly associated with 1994’s Café Blue and the follow-up, 1998’s Modern Cool. Both quickly established the singer/pianist as an immediate audiophile favorite whose rare combination of astute instrumental performance, daring originality, poetic enterprise, intrepid vocals, and sculpted production announced her as an artist that both takes immense care in her music as well as in her sound. While largely unknown to many, 1992’s diverse A Distortion of Love signaled the beginning of Barber’s unfettered creativity.

Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered, limited-edition 180g LP of the Chicagoan’s sophomore album features the similar wowing detail and perspective-altering clarity offered on the reissue label’s celebrated versions of Mythologies, The Cole Porter Mix, and the now out-of-print and extremely sought-after Café Blue, Modern Cool, Companion, and Nightclub.

Such is the attention brought to Barber’s tastefully reverb-assisted singing, the quartet’s stripped-down arrangements, the grand piano’s resonance, the background finger snaps, and the astounding transparency of every note and breath uttered in the studio. Smoothness, balance, and neutrality abound. Through and through, this is an audiophile delight.

While national acclaim wouldn’t come to Barber until the mid-90s, it wasn’t because she didn’t provide notice of her monumental talent and MacArthur Grant-worthy inventiveness. On A Distortion of Love, her individuality manifests on a surprisingly eerie rendition of the standard “Summertime” and subsequent “Subway Station No. 5,” a lengthy piece adorned with atmospheric nervousness, tonal shifts, and contrapuntal movements that ultimately lead into a swinging theme.

Barber, guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, bassist Marc Johnson, and percussionist Adam Nussbaum achieve like-minded heights on an improvised and clever read of the Temptations’ “My Girl.” Here, and again especially on the aptly titled “You Stepped Out of a Dream,” Barber’s textured vocals seemingly float on a jet-black plain, emanating as if her lips and mouth are just feet away, the slap of the acoustic bass and patter of the drums responding in kind to her expressiveness. Whether you’re familiar with this album, a longtime Barber fan, or just coming to her for the first time, Mobile Fidelity’s pressing of this record will please even the sternest critics of vocal jazz.

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