• National Jazz Award Winner, trumpeter Eamon McNelis
• National Jazz Award finalist and multi-instrumentalist Donny Stewart
• And Matt Boden - pianist and musical director based in Paris
• Al McGrath-Kerr, 2011 support for Chucho Valdes tour
• special guest vocalist, multi-award winning Blues and Jazz vocalist/violinist Heather Stewart
• Bell award winning Leigh Barker leads the band on double bass.
• Guests musicians include Anthony Shultz - Accordion (Zulya dnd the Children of the Underground)
• James Morrison Scholarship winner Sarah McKenzie

For gigs, albums, listening, photos and awards:  www.leighbarker.com
All info for National Tour this October & November 2011 see www.leighbarker.com

The self-titled album Leigh Barker & The New Sheiks won the 2011 Bell Award for Best Traditional Jazz Album, ... so starting from the 12th of October, we are going to be touring for about a month through Victoria, NSW and Tassie.

Heather Stewart performs a large selection of Standards with beautiful vocals and fiddle playing.  Heather performs at various festivals, concerts and functions nationally and in Europe.  She performs monthly at Melbourne's Paris Cat Jazz Club with some of Australia's finest Jazz musicians.  

Influences include Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Ella, Frank Sinatra, Baylor Brothers, Virus, Julie O'Hara and many more.
Musicians Heather performs with includes:  John Scurry, Lynn Wallis, Michael McQuaid, Howard Cairns, Andy Baylor, Danny McKenna, Leigh Barker, Frank Desario, Sam Lemann, Steven Grant, Paul Williamson, Jason Downes, Chris Tanner, Julien Wilson, Eugene Ball, Eamon McNellis, Carlo Barbaro, Dave Rex, Jenny Thomas, Jess Guille, Andy Ross, Mark (marky mark) Elton, Tom Vincent, Matt Boden, Darrin Archer, Mark Fitzgibbon, Hugh Harvey, Andrew Swan, Ben Hendry, Ben Vanderwal, Ollie Brown.

Heather has a versatile approach to her singing and violin playing blending early Jazz, Blues and Cajun tunes and bringing her exciting and enjoyable style to each show.


For more information or bookings email:  info@heatherstewart.com.au

Projects of H

No Ordinary Horse Songs independently released in 2007 written by Heather Stewart. Influences including Sting, Neil Finn, Carole King, Bjork, Jeff Buckley, Paul Kelly and many others. "Very early songs of mine, so thought I'd share a couple." Download Album   Track Title Price Lost In The Game [3:24]  Free   Download MP3 Bigger Projects [5:19]  Free   Download MP3 Phil's Song [4:44]  This song was written for double bassist Phil Boromeo Free   Download MP3