Artist:Patricia Barber
Song:Devil's Food
Album:Smash
Jazz singer and pianist Patricia Barber has been a big part of the Chicago jazz scene since the 90s mostly through her residence at the club The Green Mill. After recording several albums for Blue Note, she moved to Concord for the 2013 album Smash. She was born Feb. 8, 1955 in Chicago. Her father Floyd "Shim" Barber played sax with Glenn Miller and Von Freeman. Patricia learned to play the sax as a child and started singing in high school musicals. After studying piano at the University of Iowa, Patricia played Chicago clubs. She has had a residency at The Green Mill for years. After releasing a 1989 album on her own label, Patricia released the 1991 album A Distortion of Love on Island's Antilles label. Then she signed with the Chicago jazz label Premonition which eventually was sold to Blue Note. This covers her recordings from 1994-2008. Then she signed with Concord for the 2013 album Smash. Patricia wrote all the songs. Musicians are John Kregor on guitar, Larry Kohut on bass and Jon Deitmeyer on drums. Since then Patricia toured with opera singer Renee Fleming. She still plays at The Green Mill. She crowdfunded her 2019 album Higher through ArtistShare. She reunited with guitarist Neal Alger who was on some of her Blue Note albums. Here's Patricia Barber with John Kregor, Larry Kohut and Jon Deitmeyer performing Devil's Food on the French network RTL show L'Heure du Jazz 2013.
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