Music
Patricia Barber Smashes Past Convention
Written by Peggy Hogan
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Patricia Barber is a fiercely individual, critically lauded jazz vocalist, pianist and composer. After a few decades worth of education, honors and awards and fifteen full-length albums, Barber will be making a rare tour to promote her latest offering, Smash. Times Square spoke to the enigmatic figure about her place in jazz as a woman and as a composer.