Café Blue
PATRICIA BARBER

CAFÉ BLUE
24K GOLD CD
CATALOG: IMP8325
MSRP: $32.99 USD
For our first all-new 24K Gold CD releases in eight years, we worked with jazz icon Patricia Barber and Premonition Records to bring her classic 1994 release CAFÉ BLUE to the format for the very first time.
Patricia Barber’s outstanding 1994 release Cafe Blue has won more than 15 awards from major international music institutions. Deemed an “underground classic” by jazz Bible Downbeat magazine, the album contains sparkling, indelible improvisations derived as much from Barber’s interest in classical music as from jazz. This is where the internationally renowned singer-pianist comes into her own, interpreting songs from outside the traditional jazz repertoire and debuting a handful of original compositions that reveal her innovative, thoroughly distinctive style.
Café Blue has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio for added warmth musicality. The deluxe book-style packaging has a heavy-stock booklet that pays homage to the original Premonition CDs while updating them to Impex Records’ premium look and feel.
The Limited Edition Impex 24K Gold CD Patricia Barber Series are manufactured at Memory-Tech’s state-of-the-art facility in Japan.
Features
- Limited Edition
- 24k Gold CD
- Newly remastered from Premonition Records’ original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
- Disc manufactured by industry-leading Memory-Tech in Japan using heavy 24KGold substrate that evenly reflects laser light for greater playback precision
- Deluxe hardcover book package with modified original artwork & new booklet
Musicians
Patricia Barber – piano, vocals
John McLean, guitar
Michael Arnopol – bass
Mark Walker – drums, percussion, body parts
Tracklist
- What a Shame
- Mourning Grace
- The Thrill Is Gone
- Romanesque
- Yellow Car III
- Inch Worm
- Ode to Billie Joe
- Too Rich for My Blood
- A Taste of Honey
- Nardis
- Wood Is a Pleasant Thing to Think About
- Manha de Carnaval