TONY BARNARD
Genres: Bop, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Australia

Tony made his first recording at 16 years of age, with Don Burrows, John Sangster and Bob Barnard. He has appeared at most of Australia’s jazz festivals and jazz festivals in Europe and the UK, accompanied visiting jazz and show-biz stars from overseas, won ‘best guitarist’ polls, Formed  Australia’s first 5 guitar big band ‘Interplay’, led his own bands and worked as musical director on cruise ships. Tony has a diverse range of albums to his name (36 and counting) ranging from jazz to blues and classical, and has played with a wide range of artists including The Australian Chamber Orchestra, The BBC Concert Orchestra, The Ronnie Scott’s jazz orchestra, Barney Kessel, Earl Hines, Nat Adderley, Nancy Wilson, Dave Liebman, Keely Smith, Howard Alden, Barry Humphries , Dan Barrett, Cliff Richard, Louis Stewart, Georgie Fame, Kevin Spacey, Steve Winwood, The Inkspots, Ronnie Corbett, Clare Teal, Rufus Reid, Jim Mullen, read more...