Patricia Barber – Companion (Gold CD)

24 Karat Gold CD Newly Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering!

For their first all-new 24K Gold CD releases in eight years, Impex Records worked with jazz icon Patricia Barber and Premonition Records to bring you three classics from her catalog: Café Blue, Companion, and Nightclub. Each has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes (Café Blue by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, Companion and Nightclub by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering). They feature deluxe book-style packaging with booklets that pay homage to the original CDs while updating them to Impex Records’ look and feel. The Impex 24K Gold CD Patricia Barber Series is manufactured at Memory-Tech’s state-of-the-art facility in Japan.

1999’s Companion was a record of firsts for Patricia Barber and Premonition. It was the first recording of Barber’s legendary live show. It was also the first release under the Blue Note/Premonition joint imprint, the only such business arrangement in Blue Note’s storied history at the time. And to top it off it was her first Stereophile Recording of the Month. Designed as a “companion” to Barber’s Grammy Award-winning 1998 effort, Modern Cool, the longtime audiophile favorite boasts all the texture of her acclaimed studio recordings and features several reinvented tracks, exceptional covers, and an ingenious original. A stunning recording in all respects!

Musicians:
Patricia Barber, piano, vocals & Hammond B-3
John McLean, guitar
Michael Arnopol, bass
Eric Montzka, drums
Ruben P. Alvarez, percussion
Jason Narducy, guest vocalist on “Touch Of Trash”