Patricia Barber

• Original Master Recording

• HYBRID CD

• GATEFOLD MINI-LP REPLICA

• PLAYS ON ALL SACD PLAYERS

Accessible and complicated, alluring and challenging, sensuous and liberating, Patricia Barber's "Smash" once and for all confirms the pianist/singer exists in an elevated artistic plane reached by none of her generational peers. Four years in the making, and the beloved musician's first studio record since 2008, her Concord Records debut defies expectations and crystallizes her status as a preeminent songwriter. Informed by personal episodes of significant loss and yearning, the album masterfully unites harmony and melody via uncommon delicacy, tonal intimacy, and ethereal surrealism. It will likely stand as 2013's finest jazz effort, an instant classic.

PERSONNEL:

• LARRY KOHUT, bass
• JON DEITEMYER, drums
• JOHN KREGOR, guitar
• PATRICIA BARBER, piano, lead vocal

Chicago, IL, c. 2012

TRACKS:

• 01. Code Cool
• 02. The Wind Song
• 03. Romanesque
• 04. Smash
• 05. Redshift
• 06. Spring Song
• 07. Devil's Food
• 08. Scream
• 09. The Swim
• 10. Bashful
• 11. The Storyteller
• 12. Missing