Complete Version (Song Cycle and Bonus Tracks) of Patricia Barber’s Higher: Impex Records 180g 45RPM Vinyl 2LP Cut from the Native DXD Master Files and Pressed at RTI, Includes Large-Format 12-Page Booklet
One of jazz music’s most celebrated and literate artists gets the deluxe Impex treatment on her 2019 collection Higher, available on HQ 180g 45RPM vinyl 2LP pressed at RTI. This thoughtfully curated set features Barber’s celebrated art song cycle Higher and four bonus tracks available on vinyl for the first time. Stereophile’s Robert Baird describes Higher as an album that “continues Barber’s logical artistic path toward becoming an artist whose only boundaries exist in the limits of her own prodigious imagination. Rather than just the completion of a long-held desire to create art songs, Higher, as its title suggest, is the answer to a calling, one Patricia Barber is gloriously answering.”
Impex Records is proud to deliver this exclusive complete version, featuring the original’s ten songs, plus an alternate version of “The Opera Song”, featuring lyric soprano Katherine Werbiansky, and three gorgeous new standards (“Early Autumn”, “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “Secret Love”). Legendary recording and mix engineer Jim Anderson’s meticulous production provides masterly rendering of every detail, harmonic, and hushed background, while the delicate touch of mastering engineer Scott Hull helps to pull you into the wide-ranging space of this incredible work.
The incredibly rendered soundstages are brilliantly served by these expressive tracks, bringing out both the core of Barber’s hushed delivery and the dynamic interplay of her crack backing band. The package includes an expanded large-format booklet (featuring a new write up from Patricia Barber herself) and deluxe finishing for a luxurious tactile experience that matches the audio.
Musicians:Patricia Barber, piano & vocalsPatrick Mulcahy, bassJon Deitemyer, drumsNeal Alger, acoustic guitarJim Gailloreto, tenor saxophoneKatherine Werbiansky, lyric soprano
