Rebecca Barnard - The Summer Sessions

Rebecca Barnard comes from a rich musical family history. In the 1920’s her grandparents Jim and Kath Barnard ran The Kath Barnard Jazz Band. Their son Len (Rebecca’s father) joined the band in the 1940’s at the age of 12. In 1952 The Len Barnard Jazz Band recorded Australia’s first microgroove LP record and toured extensively both here and overseas until his death in 2005.

Rebecca grew up listening to Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong spending a lot of time in the pubs of Melbourne and Sydney listening to her Dad’s band and eventually getting up and singing with them at the age of 13. At the age of 14 she heard Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and became obsessed. The cross pollination of musical styles is evident in her music, especially her vocal phrasing.

Rebecca is about to release her first Jazz album.

“The Night We Called it a Day”. The album is a culmination of years of Rebecca’s life in music – a resplendent arrival in sunny pastures by one of Australia’s cultural treasures.

Rebecca effortlessly breathes soul and connectivity into this album of refreshingly under-exposed jazz standards dating from 1937-1963. The production style is reminiscent of artists such as Madeleine Peyroux and Melody Gardot, making the album more accessible to a mainstream audience than the word ‘jazz’ might imply.

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• Next Sunday, 19th October, 06:00 am, Barb Waters, Craig Pilkington & Chris Tabone - The Summer Sessions in Camperdown
• Next month, 23rd November, 06:00 am, Mick Coates and The Tibooburra Three - The Summer Sessions in Camperdown
• Happening on, 26th April, 06:30 am, Martha Spencer in Camperdown

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