Companion (1999)

About this title: Companion was recorded in a special three-night series of shows in July, 1999 at Chicago's famed Green Mill jazz club -- an unusually short amount of time to produce a live album. To mine as much material as possible from those nights the performances were run more like recording sessions than live shows, with the crowd reverently hushed. Patricia Barber is in her element and the only thing that seems to have suffered for the recording circumstances is the album's length -- at seven songs and 40 minutes, it walks the line between standard EP and full-length size. One surmises that it might ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Beat Goes On [Bono]
2. Use Me [Withers]
3. Like JT [Barber]
4. Let It Rain [Barber]
5. Touch of Trash [Barber]
6. If This Isn't Jazz [Barber]
7. Black Magic Woman [Green]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.