American composer, pianist, and guitar player. West Texas native Stephen Barber began playing piano at age three, taking up guitar at age eleven, and composition at age thirteen. As a teenager, he collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Christopher Cross, and his band The Electromagnets opened for the infamous Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury show at The Armadillo in Austin TX (1975). In his early twenties, he moved to New York City to study composition and orchestration with John Corigliano. As a composer, arranger, and player, he has worked in collaboration with David Byrne, Keith Richards, Josef Zawinul, Willie Nelson, Natalie Merchant, Ornette Coleman, Gilberto Gil, John Legend, T Bone Burnett, Roseanne Cash, Arto Lindsay, Marisa Monte, Bonnie Raitt, Michael Stipe, Jennifer Warnes, Shelly Duvall, Alejandro Escovedo, David Torn, Eric Johnson, PBS, The London Symphony, The Czech Radio Orchestra, Steps Ahead, Tosca String Quartet, and Meridian Arts Ensemble. He has worked on over 250 album, fi lm, and television projects, dividing his time between New York City and Austin, Texas.
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New Focus Recordings
CD, Album
2006
1997
1996
1991
1990
1990
1997
2025
2023
Stand Clear Music
File, FLAC, Album
2023
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
Not On Label (Sally Allen Self-released)
CD, Album
2016
2016
2016
2015
Not On Label (David Pulkingham Self-released)
CD
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
Universal Music
Box, Comp + 2xCD, Comp + 2xCD, Comp + 2xCD, Comp +
2013
2012
Not On Label (Thomas Burritt Self-released)
10xFile, FLAC, Album
2011
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
Universal Music
2xCD, Comp
2009
2008
2007
2007
2007
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2006
Vortexan
CD, Album
2006
Augsburg Fortress
CD, Album
2006
2006
2006
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2002
Not On Label
CD
2002
2002
2001
Polydor, Universal
CD, Album
2001
Sunken Gong Records
CD
2001
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1997
Channel Classics
CD, Comp, Promo
1997
1997
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1996
KLBJ-FM
CD, Comp
1996
Channel Classics
CD, Album
1996
Channel Classics
CD, Album
1996
1996
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1996
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1992
1990
1990
1989
1986
Reprise Records
12", Promo
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