The Premonition Years: 1994-2002 (2007)

About this title: The Premonition Years: 1994-2002 collects tracks the jazz pianist/singer/songwriter Patricia Barber recorded for the independent Premonition label. These are the cuts that helped solidify Barber's reputation as an enigmatic, cerebral, and creatively inspired artist with a knack for intimate and reflective cabaret-influenced performances that touched on jazz standards, reinterpretations of contemporary pop tunes, and her own literate and poetic songs. Interestingly, this anthology is separated into three discs of "pop songs," "standards," and "originals," respectively. In that sense, its a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ode to Billy Joe [Gentry]
2. The Beat Goes On [Bono]
3. Use Me [Withers]
4. You Don't Know Me [Arnold/Walker]
5. She's a Lady [Anka]
6. A Taste of Honey [Marlow/Scott]
7. Black Magic Woman [Green]
8. Light My Fire [Densmore/Krieger/Mo]
9. So What [Live] [Davis]
10. The Fool on the Hill [Lennon/McCartney]
11. You Are My Sunshine [Live] [Davis]
12. I Fall in Love Too Easily [Cohn/Styne]
13. Bye Bye Blackbird [Dixon/Henderson]
14. Alfie [Bacharach/David]
15. You & The Night & The Music [Dietz/Schwartz]
16. Yesterdays [Harbach/Kern]
17. My Funny Valentine [Rodgers/Hart]
18. Inch Worm [Loesser]
19. So in Love [Porter]
20. The Thrill Is Gone [Brown/Henderson]
21. Manha de Carnaval [Bonga/Jobim]
22. A Man & A Woman [Barouh/Keller/Lai]
23. Invitation [Kaper/Webster]
24. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town [Coots/Gillespie]
25. Touch of Trash [Barber]
26. Winter [Barber]
27. If I Were Blue [Barber]
28. The Fire [Barber]
29. Company [Barber]
30. Let It Rain [Barber]
31. What a Shame [Barber]
32. Postmodern Blues [Barber]
33. If This Isn't Jazz [Barber]
34. I Could Eat Your Words [Barber]
35. Pieces [Barber]
36. You Gotta Go Home [Barber]

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