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| Bob Barnard |
 Bob Barnard grew up in a musical family and started on cornet with a local brass band when twelve. His first professional job was with his mother''s band at fourteen. Introduced to jazz by his father, Bob was a founder member of brother Len''s South City Stompers in 1948. Apart from a brief period in the early 1950s he played almost exclusively with Len''s band until a disastrous tour finished prematurely in Brisbane in August 1955. he returned to Melbourne and jazz work until invited to Sydney in June 1957 ray Price trio at the Macquarie Hotel in Woolloomooloo and the Port Jackson Jazz Band. After a year he returned to Melbourne, but moved to Sydney permanently in June 1962 as a member of the Graeme Bell All Stars. He remained with them until mid 1967. He also worked in the studios during this period and recorded for EMI and Swaggie. Bob formed his own jazz band in 1974 touring with it throughout Australia, Asia (1977), Europe (1980) and the US (1976, 1978, 1982). The band held long residencies at some of Sydney''s popular hotels, particularly the Orient in the Rocks area. He reduced the band to a quartet in 1986. Bob is a regularly featured guest at festivals and concerts in the US, Britain and Europe and has recorded with top American, European and English jazzmen. He has an international reputation as one of the best jazz musicians in the world. |
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