• Home
  • Tributes
  • About
  • Listen
  • Gigs
  • John Baker Songbook
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Reviews
  • Shop
  • Contact
  • (Press kit)

The Baker Suite

  • Home
  • Tributes
  • About
  • Listen
  • Gigs
  • John Baker Songbook
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Reviews
  • Shop
  • Contact
  • (Press kit)

Overview

Art-folk with a twist of Parisian jazz.  Storytelling is at the heart of The Baker Suite, surrounded by rich instrumentation and evocative melodies. Playing in festivals and theatres' across the globe, they take the listener on cinematic journey's from the seaside carnival ground to the central desert.

'Minor masterpieces that blend folk, country, blues and jazz speckled with global allusions sit beside quirky pop songs suggestive of Paul Simon'. The Weekend Australian (4 stars).

Bio

The Baker Suite are John Baker (guitar/vocals) and Gayle Buckby (accordion, vocals), and are sometimes joined by musicians Julian Ferraretto (violin), John Aue/Lyndon Gray (double bass), and Enrico Mick Morena (drums).  They have been delighting audiences with their cinematic storytelling for over 12 years, and  2016 sees the release of their 5th studio album, Still Life.

Festival appearances include WOMADelaide (AU 2014), International Asia-Pacific Music Festival (RU 2014), Bohemia Jazz Festival (CZ, 2012), Okayama Cultural Festival (JP, 2010), Nelson Arts Festival (NZ, 2010), International Guitar Festival (AU, 2009), Adelaide Festival of Arts (AU), Adelaide Cabaret Festival (AU), Lorch Am Rhein Cultural Festival(DE), and The  National Folk Festival (AU).

 

Quotes

'Minor masterpieces that blend folk, country, blues and jazz speckled with global allusions sit beside quirky pop songs suggestive of Paul Simon'. The Australian, 4 stars

'Like a Hemingway novel...full of romance and stories that contain truth, beauty and intrigue in equal measure'. Kate Ceberano

'…rouses aural aphrodisia' InDaily

'A collaboration of poetry and music' Bohemia Jazz Festival (Czech Republic)

'Pity pop for thinking people', John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

'A staggeringly great collection of original tunes which paint vivid, interesting portraits of real life from a true observer’s perspective'. InDaily

Listen and Watch

Other links

Discography

Albums:
  • Still Life (2016)
  • Your Dreaming Self (2013)
  • A Quartet For Car Horns And Brakes (2010)
  • Slow Music, John Baker Duo (2006)
  • The Raft, John Baker (2004)

Compilations:
  • Sounds Like Cafe (Autumn 2014)
  • Semaphore Songs (2012)
  • Sounds LIke Cafe Volume 29 (2010)
  • Sounds Like Cafe Volume 17 (2007)
  • Three D Radio Compilation CD, Depthcharge 5 (2006)
  • Fuse Festival Compilation CD (2006)

Musicians

The Baker Suite play as the following line-ups:
Duo: John Baker (guitar) + Gayle Buckby (accordion)
Trio: + Julian Ferarretto (violin, mandolin, musical saw)
Quartet 1: Trio + Lyndon Gray or John Aue (double bass)
Quartet 2: Trio + Enrico Mick Morena (drums)
Quintet: John Baker, Gayle Buckby, Lyndon Gray, Julian Ferarretto, Enrico Mick Morena

High Res Photos for Dowload

Contact

Email:    mail@thebakersuite.com____________ Phone: +61 (0) 421 357 395
  • Log out