Higher
Patricia Barber
HIGHER
180-gram 45 RPM LP | Stereo
CATALOG: IMP6043-45
MSRP: $59.99 USD
Patricia Barber “Higher” 180-GRAM 45-rpm LP
TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 5/5 Sonics in the May/June 2021 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
“Higher bears the earmarks of an audiophile classic: music of substance in excellent sound…”
FEATURES
- The complete Higher song cycles plus three great standards and a special bonus track of “The Opera Song” with noted lyric soprano Katherine Werbiansky
- Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk New York from engineer Jim Anderson’s original DXD (32 bit/392.8 kHz) files
- Cut at 45 rpm to bring out every incredible sonic detail with well-rounded, natrual sound
- Deluxe gatefold jacket and 12-page booklet with spot gloss coating, new session photos and essays and notes from Robert Baird and the creative team.
Selections:
SIDE A
- Muse (Barber)
- Surrender (Barber)
- Pallid Angel (Barber)
SIDE B
- The Opera Song (Barber)
- High Summer Season (Barber)
- The Albotross Song (Barber)
SIDE C
- Voyager (Barber)
- Higher (Barber)
- Early Autumn (Mercer, Burns, Herman)
SIDE D
- In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck)
- Secret Love (Francis, Frain)
- The Opera Song featuring Katherine Werbiansky (Barber)
Produced by PATRICIA BARBER
Recorded and Mixed by JIM ANDERSON
Mastered by SCOTT HULL at Masterdisk New York
This LP release is a revelation. It might just be the most harmonically accurate and natural-sounding LP pressing to hit my turntable in the last couple of years.
Higher bears the earmarks of an audiophile classic: music of substance in excellent sound…
Few performers in or out of jazz are as consistently brilliant as Patricia Barber. …Brainy. Beautiful.
It’s about love for music, and love as music.
If you appreciate jazz vocal artistry in the highest possible sound quality, Patricia Barber’s Higher belongs in your collection.
…from a textual and musical point of view, Higher is a poetic gem that far surpasses Barber’s previous works. And that is remarkable for an artist who has set the bar extremely high for herself for three decades.
…it deftly demonstrates the element that has kept us Barber fans going all these years – the intricate trio that provides a setting for the sincere, humble, irresistible talent of a Chicago gem.
Layered with multiple meanings, these introspective songs require and reward repeated listening. Inventive takes on three standards from the Great American Songbook fill out the program. The contributions from Barber’s instrumental quartet are first-class. Immediate, close-up, transparent sonics.
