LEIGH BARKER QUINTET + SPECIAL GUEST DAN BARNETT

Virtuoso string bassist, bandleader, composer & arranger, LEIGH BARKER, moved to Paris from Australia in 2016 to bring a new international perspective to his many musical projects.  In the years before his departure, Barker was already sustaining a busy international schedule including such highlights as the Sydney Opera House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Festival in Iowa & The New York Lindy Exchange, as well as global tours with 'The Tom Vincent Trio' & 'The Hot Jazz Alliance'.  As a sideman, he has accompanied artists as diverse as Branford Marsalis, Gordon Webster, Sarah McKenzie, Andy Schumm & Dan Levinson, and in France & Europe since 2016 with many the greats of traditional & mainstream jazz, incl. Christophe Davot, Chris Hopkins, Olivier Franc & Duved Dunayevsky.

Ambitiously, as a bandleader, Leigh has maintained a regular line up in both France AND Australia, which allowed him to spend two days in the studio with the Melbourne based musicians in late 2022.  This produced the new full length album 'CROSS STREET' available in all mediums incl. for the very first time vinyl!  These sessions reunited Leigh with all his regular bandmates, allowing the group to develop even further Leigh's vision of an inclusive & diverse music, where one finds the all the critical elements of blues, swing, hot jazz & classic themes, at the heart of an exuberant, spontaneous & virtuosic orchestra.  On the new album and now in 2025 live on tour in Australia, vocalist and violinist HEATHER STEWART anchors these musical comrades with her moving & swinging voice, while the orchestra traverses a rich palette of rhythm melody & improvisation.

⭐️ LEIGH BARKER (Bass)

⭐️ HEATHER STEWART (Vocals/ Violin)

⭐️ EAMON McNELIS (Trumpet)

⭐️ MAX TEAKLE (Piano)

⭐️ ABBY CONSTABLE (Drums)

PLUS Special Guest DAN BARNETT (Trombone).

LIMITED TIX!! $23 Prebook/ $25 Door

We are a Licensed Venue. OutsIde Food is Welcome but No Outside Drinks/ Water Bottles Allowed.

Under 18s permitted under the direct supervision of a Guardian/ Adult