The reed players of Calefax go on a musical road trip across the United States on An American Rhapsody. The program captures several iconic composers from different periods and backgrounds, ranging from Florence Price, Harry Burleigh, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Moondog to Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stevie Wonder and Kinan Azmeh.

Taken together, these pieces reflect America’s kaleidoscopic diversity and its rich yet complex culture and history. The album is a declaration of love to a country that Calefax has frequently visited over the last two decades and continues to fascinate.

Calefax
Oliver Boekhoorn – Oboe, English Horn, Duduk
Bart de Kater – Clarinet
Raaf Hekkema – Alto Saxophone, Solo Vocals
Jelte Althuis – Bass Clarinet
Alban Wesly – Bassoon

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The dazzling sound and enigmatic performances of Patricia Barber’s latest jazz spellbinder CLIQUE! is the first of Impex’s latest high-end audio offering: Reel-to-reel tapes! They’ve given the “Impex Treatment” into very small runs of 15 IPS, 1/4” tapes as our LPs and digital products, making Impex REELS a step-above. Renowned mastering engineer Scott Hull at Masterdisk will record Jim Anderson’s original 32 bit/352.8 kHz DXD masters directly to tape with no additional processing. What you hear on Impex REELS is exactly what Anderson and Barber intended.

Impex REELS are made to order, one at a time, transferred and assembled by hand. Each package includes two 15 IPS 1/4” tapes in individual boxes, complete large-format booklets from the LP versions, a deluxe tip-on printed case for each reel in the set, and a certificate of authenticity from Scott Hull.

The long-awaited successor to Nightclub, her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite first all standards album, Clique! features a track list of tunes that Barber has frequently performed as encores throughout her illustrious career, including classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stevie Wonder, Lee Hazlewood, Lerner & Loewe, Thelonious Monk and more. Each track renders every inflection of Barber’s voice with astounding presence and clarity, perfectly complementing her nuance in ways that continue to redefine the standards of sound.

After growing an international cult following, earning the first-ever Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a non-classical songwriter, and becoming an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Patricia Barber is back with a “silk, velvet, languid, warm” journey through music history as she “respects traditions, bends them to make her own points, and freshens them into something new,” as noted in the album liner notes by NPR’s Susan Stamberg.

These are relaxed, communal sessions. Her long-time core duo of bassist Patrick Mulcahy and drummer Jon Deitemyer ride up and down, in and out of Barber’s complex, sensitive playing and reflective singing. The support of her long-term players, along with guitarist Neal Alger and saxophonist Jim Gailloretto allow her to shine brightly while digging out striking moments for their own unique contributions. The chemistry is palpable, all-encompassing. This group’s long-developed synergy—painstakingly curated by these musicians for years—provides both a metaphor and the perfect title for her new album.

Patricia Barber says:

The harmonic language of Jazz, as well as that of The Great American Songbook, is certainly rich. Look how much has come of out of it. But it’s circumscribed. I started wanting to hear something else.”

Patricia Barber – Piano and Vocals
Patrick Mulcahy – Acoustic Bass
Jon Deitemyer – Drums
Neal Alger – Guitar
Jim Gailloreto – Saxophone

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Clique from Patricia Barber – the performer known for boldly blurring the lines between poetry, jazz, and art song – is now available in breathtaking hi-fi on RTI-pressed HQ-180 LP. The long-awaited successor to  Nightclub, her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite first all-standards album, Clique features a tracklist of tunes that Barber has frequently performed as encores throughout her illustrious career, including classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stevie  Wonder, Lee Hazlewood, Lerner & Loewe, Thelonious Monk and more. After growing an international cult following, earning the first-ever Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a non-classical songwriter, and becoming an elected member of the American  Academy of Arts and Sciences, Patricia Barber is back with a “silk,  velvet, languid, warm” journey through music history as she  “respects traditions, bends them to make her own points, and freshens them into something new,” as noted in the album liner notes by NPR’s Susan Stamberg.

These are relaxed, communal sessions. Her long-time core duo of bassist Patrick Mulcahy and drummer Jon Deitemyer ride up and down, in and out of Barber’s complex, sensitive playing and reflective singing. The support of her long-term players, along with guitarist Neal Alger and saxophonist Jim Gailloretto allow her to shine brightly while digging out striking moments for their own unique contributions. The chemistry is palpable, all-encompassing.  This group’s long-developed synergy—painstakingly curated by these musicians for years—provides both a metaphor and the perfect title for her new album.

FEATURES 

• Recorded by Grammy-winning engineer, Jim Anderson in DXD ultra-high resolution (32bit/ 352.8 kHz), mixed by Anderson at Skywalker Sound, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.
• Technical Producer Ulrike Schwarz, Anderson Audio New York
• Recorded using Merging+Clock U Technologies & Music Chords Power Distribution
• HQ-180 pressing by RTI
• Strikingly designed packaging with never-before-seen photos and engaging essays by Jazz Times’ Thomas Conrad, NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg, Grammy-winning engineer – Jim Anderson, and  Patricia Barber.

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Originally recorded in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DXD, this Patricia Barber sampler features tracks from her albums Higher and Clique! in Stereo DSD 1024 and Stereo DXD. A musical iconoclast, Patricia sings and plays classic tunes and originals in only the way that she can: inventive, imaginative, and unconventional.

For a more in-depth listening experience, please check out Patricia Barber’s earlier albums “Clique!” and “Higher”. Available in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD plus Stereo DSD 512. When you purchase this DSD 1024 Sampler you will also receive 10% OFF the full length Patricia Barber albums “Clique!” and “Higher” in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD 256 and DXD or Stereo DSD 512. (10% Off Sale Pricing expires on December 31, 2025).

Note: Stereo DSD 1024 playback requires the use of Signalyst HQ Player 4 software and a DSD 1024 capable DAC from Denafrips, Holo Audio, Matrix, Musician or T+A.

Patricia Barber – Piano, Vocals
Patrick Mulcahy – Bass
Jon Deitemyer – Drums
Neal Alger – Acoustic Guitar
Jim Gailloreto – Tenor Saxophone

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On this album, Tettero and his ensemble explore some of the best-known Pop and Jazz songs of our time.  Including Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by John Lennon, Make Sure You’re Sure by Stevie Wonder, I Want To Be Happy by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar, Softly As In A Morning Sunrise by Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg, Hackensack by Thelonious Monk, Three Views Of A Secret by Jaco Pastorius, Good Bait by Tadd Dameron, Don’t Explain by Billie Holiday and Arthur Hertzog Jr and How Deep Is The Ocean by Irving Berlin.

Don’t Explain is available from NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD. The DSD 512 edition is exclusively available at NativeDSD Music.

Guitarist Folker Tettero tells us “These songs have been part of my life for a long time. Some go back to my early childhood, while others came later as I started to explore my own taste in music. Somehow these songs also came to represent a significant memory of a person or an event in my life.

The Tettero Band goes way back. We played many nights in the legendary Jazz Café Alto at the start of this century: exhausting 5 hour long sets that gave us the opportunity to really play and develop our sound both as individuals and as a group. On those nights we would mix our sets with prearranged music as well as with completely open jams. It could be a drum or bass groove getting the music going or Charlie or I would play a set of changes and we would all jump on it.

Slowly but surely the jam parts started to invade our rehearsed repertoire and we came to realize that by mixing up freedom and structure within an arrangement it was possible to get the best of both worlds. Furthermore, we saw that the Saturday night crowd, which could be hard to please, responded to the new direction the music was taking with enthusiasm. So when the crux of this recording started to take shape in my mind, freedom within structure became the adage. I got hold of the members of the Tettero band, asked Peter Bjørnild to produce and Frans de Rond to record.

Listening to the recording as I am writing these words, I realize that this album is probably the most personal album I have made so far. It is puzzling to me since all the songs are standards and not my own originals. But that’s music, it never ceases to astonish. It has been a most fulfilling experience making this album together with a group of people I really trust on a professional level and furthermore really like a lot on a personal level.

I am very proud of the result and am so very grateful to everyone involved in making this new Tettero album.”

Folker Tettero – Guitars
Charly Zastrau – Piano
Dave Breidenbach – Bass
Klaas van Donkersgoed – Drums

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Exclusively available in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DSD 256, DSD 128 and DXD plus Stereo DSD 512 & Stereo DSD 1024 at NativeDSD

Patricia Barber, the singer known for boldly blurring the lines between Poetry, Jazz, and Song, has released Clique! a new all-standards album in breathtaking Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD and DXD.

The long-awaited successor to Nightclub, her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite first all standards album, Clique! features a track list of tunes that Barber has frequently performed as encores throughout her illustrious career, including classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stevie Wonder, Lee Hazlewood, Lerner & Loewe, Thelonious Monk and more. Each track renders every inflection of Barber’s voice with astounding presence and clarity, perfectly complementing her nuance in ways that continue to redefine the standards of sound.

After growing an international cult following, earning the first-ever Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a non-classical songwriter, and becoming an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Patricia Barber is back with a “silk, velvet, languid, warm” journey through music history as she “respects traditions, bends them to make her own points, and freshens them into something new,” as noted in the album liner notes by NPR’s Susan Stamberg.

These are relaxed, communal sessions. Her long-time core duo of bassist Patrick Mulcahy and drummer Jon Deitemyer ride up and down, in and out of Barber’s complex, sensitive playing and reflective singing. The support of her long-term players, along with guitarist Neal Alger and saxophonist Jim Gailloretto allow her to shine brightly while digging out striking moments for their own unique contributions. The chemistry is palpable, all-encompassing. This group’s long-developed synergy—painstakingly curated by these musicians for years—provides both a metaphor and the perfect title for her new album.

Clique! was produced by Patricia Barber and Jim Anderson and recorded at Chicago Recording Company’s Studio 5 by Grammy-winning Recording Engineer and Producer Jim Anderson in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DXD. The album was mixed by Anderson at Skywalker Sound and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. The album’s Technical Producer is Ulrike Schwarz at Anderson Audio New York. The recording was made using a Horus Analog to Digital Converter with Merging + Clock U in DXD (352.8 kHz) and Pyramix Workstation software, all from Merging Technologies.

Patricia Barber says “The harmonic language of Jazz, as well as that of The Great American Songbook, is certainly rich. Look how much has come of out of it. But it’s circumscribed. I started wanting to hear something else.” 

Co Producer Jim Anderson writes “To Patricia Barber fans, One of Patricia Barber’s talents loved by her audience has been not only her compositions and piano playing, but her reinterpretation of well-known standard tunes. In her new release Clique! Patricia reimagines eight classic tunes with her working trio and a couple of her favorite soloists. It is available in Stereo and 5.1 high definition DSD & DXD Surround Sound audio. Enjoy!”

Note: Stereo DSD 1024 playback requires the use of Signalyst HQ Player 4 software and a DSD 1024 capable DAC from Denafrips, Holo Audio, Matrix, Musician or T+A.

Patricia Barber – Piano and Vocals
Patrick Mulcahy – Acoustic Bass
Jon Deitemyer – Drums
Neal Alger – Guitar
Jim Gailloreto – Saxophone

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The song was written by Stevie Wonder and debuted in his album Innervisions.  It was also a hit single for Barbra Streisand that was featured on her album The Way We Were.  Now Patricia Barber brings us a memorable performance of All In Love Is Fair in this new Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DSD and DXD Single.  Exclusively available in DSD and DXD from NativeDSD Music.

Patricia Barber is a performer that is known for boldly blurring the lines between poetry, jazz, and art song. Her first album on NativeDSD, Higher, has been a best seller in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DSD and DXD since its release.  Her new all-standards album Clique! from Impex Records is due out on August 6th in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DSD and DXD at NativeDSD.

All in Love is Fair (DSD & DXD Single) is available to listeners worldwide from NativeDSD in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound DSD (up to DSD 256) and DXD as well as Stereo DSD 512.

Patricia Barber – Vocals & Piano
Patrick Mulcahy – Bass
Jon Deitemyer – Drums

* The “Clique!” full album booklet pdf is included in every DSD or DXD Single purchase.
** Total Time on this page says 08:46 but that is incorrect (doubled) and we are fixing this. The actual length of this DSD / DXD Single is 04:23. 

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recorded and mixed January 2,3, 1995 at Big Mo Studio’s Kensington, MD by Ed Eastridge
produced by Hein Van de Geyn

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