Nov17
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17TH DOORS OPEN AT 7PM FOR A 7.30PM SHOWTIME (SHOW DURATION IS 7.30PM-9.30PM)
LEIGH BARKER BAND AUSTRALIAN TOUR Bassist and jazz band leader Leigh Barker is bringing his band to Australia for the first time in over six years. The Leigh Barker Band brings audiences the classic sounds of the golden era of American jazz, presented in their uniquely Australian style. A style that also carries the inflections of 21st century Paris, centre of the renaissance of French swing and hot jazz, and current home to the band leader.
Canberra born, Melbourne trained, and Paris-based, Barker has always had his band out on the road, playing their unique mix of classic swing, blues, hot jazz, and original compositions. On this tour, the Leigh Barker Band boasts a cast of Melbourne musicians and long-time bandmates, and stars Heather Stewart, award-winning vocalist and violinist and favourite with Paris audiences (based in Paris). Catch this band live on stage for the first time in six years, as they bring their popular European show to the Antipodes.
This tour showcases the release of their new album Paris/Melbourne, released online at the height of the pandemic, and only now coming to audiences in person. Paris/Melbourne stars members of this touring band, and also features six bonus tracks from the new Paris lineup. It is a trans-continental, international, and cross-cultural expression of jazz at its hottest, swingingest best.
Quotes“...their music is honest always, raw when it feels like it, dainty otherwise, and breathing all the time. These recordings are magnificent. And unruly. And alive.” - Michael Steinman, “Jazz Lives”https://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/our-lucky-stars-leigh-barker-band-melbourne-and-paris/
“Heather Stewart is a remarkable vocalist....Barker has collected great bands on two continents and you should acquire both.” - The Syncopated Times October 2021 - https://syncopatedtimes.com/leigh-barker-melbourne-paris/
“Dancers will find nothing but gold on this album. Songs like Play The Blues And Go and The Pearls bear up to repeated listenings, and would make excellent songs for performances. The combination of ‘live’ and studio recordings across the two discs offers dancers that mix of exciting high energy and more thoughtful engagement that make for great dancing.”
Sam Carroll http://dogpossum.org/2022/09/leigh-barker-band-album/
LinksMelbourne on bandcamp: https://barkingmadmusic.bandcamp.com/album/melbourne
Paris on bandcamp: https://barkingmadmusic.bandcamp.com/album/paris
Melbourne/Paris promo video on youtube: https://youtu.be/Yhi-cZOGxOA
Melbourne/Paris promo video (Behind the scenes): https://youtu.be/21B0hQJC2VY
Leigh Barker - bass Heather Stewart - voice and violin Eamon McNelis - trumpet Don Stewart - trombone Jason Downes - clarinet Matt Boden - piano John Scurry - guitar Sam Young - drums
Genre - Swing/Hot Jazz Performance Room - Parisian Loft Seated Ticket - Thursday Nov 17th $40.00
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