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Patapan by Barbara Higbie

Artist Biography For Barbara Higbie

Barbara Higbie Has Performed On More Than 65 Albums Including 3 Songs For Carlos Santana’s 2007 Release. She Is Known As A Vibrant Inventive Performer And Composer Bringing Out The Best In A Musical Group And An Audience. Barbara Has Recorded For Windham Hill Records Since 1982 With 11 Recordings To Her Credit As Well As Contributions To 10 Compilations That Have Sold In The Millions. As A Co-Founder Of The Acoustic Super Group "Montreux " She Recorded Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival A Genre Bending Acoustic Sound That Has Become Synonymous With Northern California. On Her Website A Review Written By Derk Richardson Of The San Francisco Bay Guardian States "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..."

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Patapan

"Patapan" Or "Pat-A-Pan" Is A French Christmas Carol In Burgundian Dialect Later Adapted Into English. It Was Written By Bernard De La Monnoye 1641–1728 And First Published In Noël Bourguignons In 1720. Its Original Title Is "Guillô Pran Ton Tamborin".
The Carol Revolves Around The Birth Of Jesus Christ And Is Told From The Perspective Of Shepherds Playing Simple Instruments—flutes And Drums—the Onomatopoetic Sound Of Which Gives The Song Its Name "patapan" Is Meant To Mimic The Sound Of The Drum And An Accompanying Lyric "tu-Re-Lu-Re-Lu " The Flute. This Is Similar Conceptually To The Carol "The Little Drummer Boy" With Its Chorus Of "pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum." More Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Patapan

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