The recipient of rave reviews, this limited edition pre-release of Solstice is available here and features inventive, instrumental versions of traditional holiday music as well as original tunes by GRAMMY®-nominated, Bammy award-winning pianist, Barbara Higbie. Also featuring Jami Sieber on electric cello, Mia Pixley, acoustic cello and produced by Lisa Vogel. Higbie’s fourth release in four years, Solstice compliments her popular “Chillogy” series. As the first woman signed to the iconic Windham Hill Records label, Barbara has performed on more than 100 albums, with 18 original releases and contributions to 12 Windham Hill compilations that have sold in the many millions.
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“Higbie generated energy and enthusiasm whenever she was on stage, like a jolt of bright sunlight.” —L.A. Times
“Barbara Higbie is one of the most exciting musicians I have heard, full of life and brilliant in her playing.”—Phil Elwood, S.F. Examiner/Chronicle
“Higbie is a high priestess of collaboration….”
— SF Gate“A jazz pianist who can write and sing like Laura Nyro and Carol King, a prize-winning folk fiddler who will interpret a John Coltrane tune through a French vocal or add her own lyrics to one of Django Reinhardt’s last compositions, Higbie brings all her gifts to bear…”
—Derk Richardson
As a cofounder, with Darol Anger, of the acoustic supergroup, “Montreux”, she recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival for Windham Hill Records in 1984, a landmark genre defining album. She continued to tour worldwide with Montreux, until leaving to pursue a solo career.
Her two CD’s with singer-songwriter Teresa Trull on Olivia/Second Wave and Slowbaby Records have won critical acclaim and a large nationwide following.
As a solo artist, Barbara’s first solo CD Signs of Life was named a Washington Post “Top Ten of the Year”. Three other solo releases, I Surrender, Variations on a Happy Ending and Alive in Berkeley followed to critical acclaim. Read More
Barbara Higbie’s arrangement of the holiday classic “Greensleeves,” from her new album Solstice, features Seattle based electric cellist, Jami Sieber. Her cello harmonics and melodies interweave with Higbie’s rhythmic piano. Bill Evans influenced chords frame the familiar tune. Solstice is produced by Lisa Vogel.
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