Modern Cool by Patricia Barber (Record, 2014)

Premonition Records

0669179076119

14052247915

Patricia Barber

1990s

Record

2014

Contemporary Jazz, Relaxation, Post-Bop, Vocal Jazz, Vocal

Studio Recording

Modern Cool

Album

Jazz

F-Minor

12

"...Barber mixes Cassandra Wilson's spare stylings and k.d. Lang's suave gender play with smart originals and surprising arrangments..." - Rating: A-, Stars (out of 5) - "...MODERN COOL has everything that made CAFE BLUE special: original songs...outside-the-box choices for covers from the popular repertoire; spare, sleek, telling arrangements by Barber's working quintet....one of the best recordings made of a jazz singer with small acoustic ensemble..."

2

One of her most adventurous albums, comprised primarily of ambitious, finely played and sung originals.