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Much like Britain's Trad Jazz revival, Australia played host to a vibrant Jazz scene in the mid 1950's-1960s. At the forefront of thescene was the young Dixieland-inspired ensemble, The Yarra Yarra New Orleans Jazz Band; fronted by the robust, impassioned voice of Judy Jacques.

Virtually becoming the poster girl of Australia's Trad Jazz movement; Judy made her mark as a pioneering proponent of Black Gospel Music in Australia. She would further explore this area with a later ensemble,The Gospel Four, declining an offer to join The Seekers (a position filled by her Melbourne Jazz scene contemporary Judith Durham)

Jacques would also carve out a prolific career as musical performer on TV (singing black gospel repertoire!) before a self-imposed “retirement” in the early Seventies.

This compilation draws together all of Judy's period recordings with the aforementioned groups, along with solo pop singles (including the Lee Hazlewood-penned “A Real Live Fool” and Van McCoy-penned Northern Soul dancer “You're Messin' Up My Mind”, as featured on RPM’s Come & See Me: Dream Babes and Rock Chicks from Down under). Most tracks appear on CD for the first time, some in first-time stereo.

THE YARRA YARRA NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND
1. My Journey to The Sky
2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
3. This Train
4. Walk Thru' The Valley
JUDY JACQUES AND HER GOSPEL FOUR
5. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
6. Didn't it Rain Children
7. You Don't Have To Ride This Train
8. Sweet Little Jesus
9. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
10. Morning Train
11. Be My Friend
12. That's God
13. All Over God's Heaven
14. What Can I Do Lord
JUDY JACQUES
15. You're Messin' Up My Mind
16. A Real Live Fool
17. Since You're Gone
18. Somewhere In The World
THE YARRA YARRA NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND - LIVE
19. I'm So Glad Jesus Lifted Me
20. Precious Lord, Take My Hand
21. Children, Go Where I Send You
22. Old Man Mose
23. Kumbayah
24. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

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released October 1, 2016

Remastered by Gil Matthews

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