Dan Barnett - Somewhere Someplace Sometime

A follow up to the precious, Bell Jazz Award-nominated album, One for C, this new album is a perfect example of why Dan Barnett is described as a ‘rare talent’ on the Australian and International Jazz circuits. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to experience the superb sounds of a very talented band leader at the top of his game.

Produced by Barnett and Anthony Howe, the album is crammed with a carefully selected mix of Swing, Latin, Groove and New Orleans sounds.

It’s quite impossible not to instantly notice the sheer talent of Barnett. His vocal ability on the song ‘Soup Song’, co-written with the outstanding Andrew ‘Jock’ Robertson, and written in the wake of the closing of the popular Sydney venue of the same name, demonstrates both Barnett’s versatility as a Jazz singer and also his ability to manoeuvre through the chord changes with an almost cheeky pitch precision.

Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime showcases the exceptional talent of his all-star musician line up with a generosity that is quintessentially Jazz – Dan really lets the guys shine. The album includes some of the best talent to emerge in Australia in the past twenty years, and includes sublime piano solos of the revered Peter Locke, the infectious bass of award-winning Phil Stack, the exquisite tenor sax of Bradford Child and arguably Australia’s finest big band drummer Andrew Dickeson, to highlight just a few. Barnett utilises the talents of some of Australia most in demand arrangers, namely, George Brodbeck, David Basden and Robertson, the band’s staff arranger. From the brassy punch of the opening track ‘Seventh Son’ it is clear that in this band’s company, the music reigns supreme.