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Leigh Barker Band featuring Heather Stewart

Highlands Golf Club, Old Hume Highway, Mittagong NSW, Australia

Event Date: 27 Nov 2022, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

For the first time in over six years, due to constant touring in Europe and the United States, bassist and jazz musician Leigh Barker is performing with his group around Australia – including a gig right here in the Southern Highlands!

The Leigh Barker Band is proudly presented by Southern Highlands Jazz Inc.

Originally from Canberra and spending his formative years in Melbourne, Leigh has been a resident of Paris since 2016. He has always had his group out on the road, playing their unique mix of swing, blues, hot jazz and contemporary Australian compositions. Featured throughout the tour is award-winning vocalist and violinist Heather Stewart, who has also lived in Paris since 2016.

“The wonderfully inventive Leigh Barker … is known and admired worldwide for his elegant, gutty string bass playing and imaginative bands.”

– Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives

“Heather Stewart is a remarkable vocalist … Leigh Barker is certainly a name to look for on jazz party rosters.”

– Joe Bebcoe, The Syncopated Times

Leigh and Heather will be joined by their longest running colleagues from the Melbourne jazz scene, who are also featured on the new double album: ‘PARIS / MELBOURNE’ – released online at the height of the pandemic. The album features both the Melbourne group and six bonus tracks from the new Paris line-up. The group plays the classic sounds of the golden eras of American jazz, presented in their uniquely Australian style, with a touch of the burgeoning 21st century renaissance of swing and hot jazz in Paris.

“…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.” – Jazz Lives

Leigh Barker Band touring line-up:

Heather Stewart – vocals and violin
Eamon McNelis – trumpet and vocals
Matt Boden – piano
Sam Young – drums
Leigh Barker – bass and leader

Sunday 27 November 2022, 2-5pm
Highlands Golf Club Mittagong
Tickets $30 adults/$20 student/child (plus $0.50 booking fee)
Book now at https://www.trybooking.com/CDVMJ

Facilities

  • Carpark
  • Non Smoking
  • Public Toilet

Contacts

Highlands Golf Club, Old Hume Highway, Mittagong NSW, Australia

P. 0437 006 678

E. shjazzinc@gmail.com

W. https://www.trybooking.com/CDVMJ

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