Patricia Barber

USA

Born: 08 November 1955

Years Active: 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Jazz, Vocal

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Vocal Jazz, Vocal/Standards, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Cabaret, Traditional Pop

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Patricia Barber's unique style and unusual voice made her an easy target for critics in the early days of her career. Her piano playing and singing, while inventive, never ventured close enough to the avant-garde to earn her artistic license, and her insistence on writing her own material and adapting songs from the pop world made her difficult to categorize. A tireless performer who refused to conform to more conventional vocal jazz idioms, she worked her way up through the Chicago jazz scene slowly, almost reluctantly, after having spent seve...

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