Swinging 20s & 30s jazz: A modern take on New Orleans (and Sydney) jazz, featuring jazz chanteuse Justine Clarke

Justine Clarke has been singing jazz all her life, although these days she is best known as a writer/performer of songs for children. She has been a presenter on PlaySchool for 25 years and has released six children’s albums under her own name, mostly in collaboration with Greasy Chicken Orchestra pianist Peter Dasent.

She is well known to Australian television audiences for her roles in Love My Way, Tangle and the Time Of Our Lives In theatre she has had recent critical and popular success in the almost-one-woman play Julia.

For those who attended their packed-out Christmas Party gig in December, this will be a welcome return, with new tunes and old favourites. 

Book early: seating/tickets are limited in the Lvl 1 room at Lazybones!

Those who know The Greasy Chicken Orchestra will have enjoyed their spirited live shows and will know that they perform in the “Territory Band” tradition of Kansas City, Chicago, and New Orleans jazz of the ’20s and ’30s.

The GCO repertoire includes music from Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin Armstrong, The John Kirby Sextet, Raymond Scott, Scott Joplin, Don Redman, and Duke Ellington. They will perform a suite of brand-new tunes, as well as beloved favourites from their recent CD, I Cakewalked With A Zombie (Earshift).

“…The Greasy Chicken Orchestra offers indisputable evidence that jazz is neither dead nor zombie-fied. (They) are truly post- modern in the sense that they address styles, sounds, and songs drawn from well more than a hundred years of jazz.”
 –Will Friedwald, New York Sun, 2024.

"This project serves to redefine the often-underrated jazz ensemble music of the 1920s and 30s, a timely mission which I warmly applaud." (★★★★4 stars)
 –Eric Myers, The Australian

Personnel:

Justine Clarke: vocals

Phillip Johnston: Alto sax
Matt Ottignon: Alto sax
Tim Clarkson: Tenor sax
James Loughnan: Baritone sax

Peter Dasent: Piano
Tim Rollinson: Guitar, banjo
Sam Golding: Sousaphone
Mike Quigley: Drums

7pm Doors/Restaurant 🍷 🍕
8.30pm Band