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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelImpx, Impex Records
UPC0856276002275
eBay Product ID (ePID)27071191163
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2024
GenreJazz
ArtistBarber, Patricia
Release TitleCompanion
Dimensions
Item Height0.75 in
Item Weight2.92 lb
Item Length12.92 in
Item Width12.70 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks9
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 The Beat Goes on 1.2 Use Me 1.3 You Are My Sunshine 1.4 Like JT 1.5 Let It Rain 1.6 Touch of Trash 1.7 If This Isn't Jazz 1.8 So What 1.9 Black Magic Woman
Number of Discs2
NotesImpex 1STEP celebrates Patricia Barber's 1999 "return" to The Green Mill, Chicago's fabled jazz club. Conceived as a "companion" to her Grammy-winning studio album Modern Cool, Companion finds Barber and her touring band in inspired form, playfully and energetically performing hits and deep tracks from her celebrated oeuvre. The dynamic interaction between the artist and her reverent audience adds a palpable sense of space and community. At the same time, the fans' hushed attention creates a studio-like sense of precision and detail. The snap and crackle of Barber, her grand piano, and her onstage partners practically leaps off the groove into your listening room! Companion's fan-favorite reputation is enhanced immeasurably by Jim Anderson's jaw-dropping, lifelike recording. Eschewing the crystalline sterility of digital recordings of the time, Anderson's sound is always warm, natural, and lacking unforced "hype." Like Anderson, Impex aims to present great recordings that are as natural as possible. And we couldn't wait to put our favorite Patricia Barber release, using Jim's analog mix-down master tapes, on 180 grams of VR900 Super Vinyl. The deep, inky black backgrounds and absence of surface noise will pull listeners right into those three evenings in 1999, capturing a seminal modern jazz artist at a creative and professional peak and reveling in a perfectly rendered and joyous audio time capsule. Finally, our deluxe Impex Treatment packages the whole party with a lovely outer slipcase, a booklet containing a new note from Patricia, and a dazzling array of photographs from the evenings by frequent Barber collaborator Valerie Booth, exclusive to our 1STEP. Heavy paper stock with spot gloss coating and a faithfully recreated exterior design will satisfy original fans and aesthetes throughout the music-loving world. 2-LP 180 gram, 45 RPM, Limited Edition of 5,000