Patricia Barber - New Live CD

There was no equipment noise, or crowd noise...in fact, you'll hardly even know the crowd was there, no matter which format you purchase. I literally had to be reminded that anyone was in the venue with her, as they completely contained themselves except for a very few moments of mild-to-generous applause.

The recording is about what you'd expect for a live performance on redbook. That's really all I meant.

Companion is also live, right? How does it compare with that?

Thedautch- Mahalo for the excellent review. Picked up a copy and gave it a listen. The recording level is a bit hot
on some cuts, but overall it's a very good recording and
performance. Aloha, Dan

PS- there's still a lot of live left in redbook with a good
transport and dac.

I went to see her last night in New York City. Good show, she did alot of the material that appears on "Fortnight". This recording is not a recap of all her prior material; alot of it is new, to my ears. It appears the band is shifting direction, on the one hand doing a standard like "Witchcraft" and on the other hand an original, "Pieces", which has a rock/blues rhythm. The latter features a great guitar solo by Neal, which simply kills the cd version.
Patricia's piano, at least in part of the range, sounded off-key. She was unhappy about her seat; fearing it was loose and might be a problem. The performance was video-taped--don't know if it will be on a dvd soon!
All in all a fine and enjoyable performance (I 've seen her 5 times).

Peter