Best jazz albums of 2019: Patricia Barber, Miguel Zenon and Anat Cohen Tentet had a very good year
The creativity of today's jazz artists never ceases to amaze, as this year's best recordings attest:
Patricia Barber: "Higher" (ArtistShare). Listeners have come to expect surprises from singer-pianist-songwriter Barber, who's in residence Monday nights at the Green Mill when she's not on tour. But "Higher" pushes against convention more boldly than even Barber's more ardent fans might have anticipated, particularly in the song cycle at the heart of this recording, "Angels, Birds and I
