Somewhere In The World: Playback Collects Sixties Pop, Jazz and Gospel From Judy Jacques

Playback Records’ second recent jazz-oriented release comes from Melbourne’s Judy Jacques.  Whereas Sue Barker’s brand of jazz was a soulful one with strains of pop and rock, Jacques’ style was firmly in the “trad jazz” camp derived from New Orleans and Dixieland.  The Sixties Sessions collects 24 tracks recorded between 1962 and 1966 from the solo artist (including some atypical pop sides) as well as The Yarra Yarra New Orleans Jazz Band, and Judy Jacques and Her Gospel Four. When she was joined the Yarra Yarra New Orleans Jazz Band in 1959,…

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