BARBARA CADET

Artist Information

Biography

Barbara Cadet - Cross Over Jazz
(Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Singer)(Saxophones:Tenor,Alto,Soprano/Piano and Vocals)

Contact: 1-758-287-9809
info@barbaracadet.com

Clearly, Barbara Cadet has launched into a deeper conversation in her upcoming
2012 CD “Define This!” - Coming from a full decade of paying back dues,
arranging intricate musicals, birthing or nurturing new talent and contributing to
the documentation of music from St. Lucia’s Folk Theater Archive, Define This! Is
strictly Barbara about her own business. Jazz rich, lyrically explosive and
singularly authentic, the 13 track Collection gives a powerful testimony of her
stylistic diversity.

This new conversation draws deeply on pure, undiluted Jazz rhythms. Steeped
however, in her effortless poetic lyricism, raw emotion and a voice that seduces
like the slow spreading heat of Tequila; this new compilation is hardly provincial.
It’s for the universal stage that has known the smoky, expansive signature of a
Cassandra Wilson, or the vulnerable, but sophisticated styling of Jill Scott.

In between the crisp, impatient “ The Definitive” title track and the languid
tribute [to her grandfather] “That’s All”, there is a delightful unveiling of the
accomplished arranger, the avant garde musician / songstress and the
definitive Barbara Cadet.

A former head of the Woodwind Department at the St. Lucia School of Music,
Barbara studied music in England where she was born and lived for some time.
With her roots in Saint Lucia, and clearly destined to music , Barbara in an
undisputed heavyweight in the industry in the Caribbean. She has lectured
on Caribbean Music at the University of Miami and her musical
collaborations and experimentation's are several and legendary.

Festivals:-

St. Lucia Martinique,Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, Guadeloupe,
Cayenne,Dominica, Jamaica,

Opening Act for:

Tanya Maria, Patti La Belle, Anita Baker, Spyro Gyra, John Legend, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Chuck Brown

Awards:

St. Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold) for her long and meritorious service in the field of music.



Commissioned works:

A collaboration with the original composer of the musicals of one of the regions
most acclaimed playwrights to score, arrange and produce “Songs from the
4 Musicals of Roderick Walcott, twin brother to Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, for the mass
market.

Produce Soundtracks for Theater Productions
for the St. Lucia’s 25th & 30th Independence Celebrations
and several Dance Production Soundtracks for Regional Festivals.

Produced the Soundtrack for the St. Lucia Animation
Center featuring a twenty-five minute multifaceted presentation
of the History of the Land of St. Lucia.

Invited to perform for the Birthday Party of the Prince
of Morocco at the Royal Palace, Rabat where she featured a Steel Orchestra & Solo sax Ensemble.

Barbara was instrumental in the establishment of
award winning All-Female Steel Orchestra “Allegro Pan Groove”
as well as the All Female Vocal group “Sisterhood” who performed Main Stage
St. Lucia Jazz Festival 1999.

2008: Barbara launched her Jazz/Folk Cd “Indigenously Yours” her contemporary twist on
St. Lucian Traditional Folk. Main Stage, St Lucia Jazz.

2009: Barbara headlined alongside Moroccan born Paris based Virtuoso
Percussionist Khalid Kouhen, Main Stage St. Lucia Jazz.

2011: Produced and Directed the "St. Lucia Collective" featuring St.Lucia's Music Icons, Main stage St. Lucia Jazz.

2012: Barbara was invited to perform for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Garden Picnic Party At Buckingham Palace.


Barbara Cadet was featured as the face of the 2009 “Lime” St. Lucia Telephone
Directory and over the over the years made several Newspaper Covers and Features.

Her unique vocal attributes have impressed no less than Ellis Marsalis, and
she has had the honor of exchanging notes with the likes of McCoy Tyner,
Michael Brecker and the Legendary Denis Chambers.

Her upcoming commercial CD, Define This! is one for genuine
aficionados and collectors of the genre, more so as the Caribbean's few
successful and recognized Female Jazz Apostles.

Instrumentation

Barbara Cadet - Vocals, Saxophones, Piano

Discography

Define This!
Indigenously Yours

Official Website

http://www.barbaracadet.com

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Last.fm
• Twitter
• Official Website

Audio

• "Why"
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• The Definitive
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• Wish
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• That's All Prelude
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• That's All
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Lyrics

• "Why"
• The Definitive
• That's All
• Wish

Video

Celebration

Barbara Cadet On the Backside Brecker Bros St Lucia Jazz.mp4

Photo Gallery

Press

• Kayenn Jazz Festival Edition 2009 [+ Show ]
  

  Stade de Baduel et Le Jardin Botanique Pour cette nouvelle édition du Kayenn Jazz Festival qui co...Stade de Baduel et Le Jardin Botanique
  
  Pour cette nouvelle édition du Kayenn Jazz Festival qui commence le 29 semptembre, le métissage est à l’honneur. Mélange de rythmes avec des influences africaines, européennes et sud américaines.
  
  
  
  Le jazz se vit en live. Parce que seule la scène permet de voir la force, les refl ets, la fragilité, la puissance, la douceur, le mystère des musiciens.
  
  Pour cette septième édition, outre le verdoyant « Jardin Botanique», la mairie de Cayenne a souhaité innover en accueillant les têtes d’affiches au stade de Baduel complètement repensé pour l’occasion.
  
  mardi 29 septembre
  
  Lieu : Hôtel de Ville de Cayenne
  
  18h30 – Accueil des invités
  Prestation de l’Ecole Nationale de Musique et de Danse (E.N.M.D)
  
  19h00 – Allocution d’ouverture
  Monsieur Rodolphe ALEXANDRE Maire de la Ville de Cayenne
  Madame Sandra TROCHIMARA Adjointe au Maire Déléguée
  à la Culture
  
  19h30 – Conférence-débat
  
  Thème : Influence des Femmes dans
  la Musique Jazz
  Intervenant : Monsieur Jean-Paul ROTAM et
  Monsieur Christian MEDUS
  
  20h30 – Prestation de l’Association Musicale d’Action Culturelle
  (A.M.A.C)
  
  21h30 – Prestation du groupe KOMANTI
  
  23h00 – Fin
  
  
  
  mercredi 30 septembre
  
  Lieux : Bibliothèque Franconie et Musée Départemental
  
  17h00 – Allocution d’ouverture
  Monsieur Rodolphe ALEXANDRE, Maire de
  la Ville de Cayenne ou son représentant
  Monsieur Alain TIENG-LIONG, Président du
  Conseil Général ou son représentant
  
  17h15 – Ouverture de l’exposition « Littérature et Portraits en Jazz »
  
  17h30 – Prestation musicale en Live (Guyane)
  
  20h00 – Fin
  
  Lieu : Jardin Botanique
  
  19h00 - Allocution d’ouverture
  Monsieur Rodolphe ALEXANDRE Maire de
  la Ville de Cayenne ou son représentant
  Monsieur Alain TIENG-LIONG Président du
  Conseil Général ou son représentant
  
  19h15 – Prestation de l’Ecole Nationale de Musique et de Danse (E.N.M.D)
  
  20h00 – Jazz au Cinéma- Projection de film
  
  22h00 – Concert du groupe Jocelyn Furcy Quartet (Guyane)
  
  23h00 – Fin
  
  
  
  jeudi 1er octobre
  
  Lieu : Jardin Botanique
  
  19h00 – Allocution d’ouverture
  Monsieur Rodolphe ALEXANDRE Maire de la Ville
  de Cayenne ou son représentant
  Monsieur Alain TIENG-LIONG Président du Conseil Général ou son représentant
  
  19h10 – Concert de Léopold Héder Jazz Ensemble (Guyane)
  
  20h00 - Concert de Dominique Leblanc ( Guyane)
  
  21h00 – Concert de Barbara Ann Cadet (Sainte-Lucie)
  
  23h00 - Fin
  
  
  
  Vendredi 2 Octobre
  
  Lieu : stade de Baduel
  
  19h00 – Ouverture avec l’hymne du Kayenn Jazz Festival interprété par l’orchestre Harmonie
  Cayennaise
  Discours d’ouverture de Monsieur Rodolphe Alexandre
  Maire de la ville de Cayenne
  
  19h10 – Concert du groupe Mayouri (Guyane)
  
  20h30 – Concert de Géraldine LAURENT
  (France)
  
  22h00 - Concert de Christian Mc BRIDE and INSIDE STRAIGHT (U.S.A)
  
  00h00 – Fin
  
  
  
  Samedi 3 Octobre
  
  Lieu : stade de Baduel
  
  19h00 – Concert de Robert DEDE (Guyane)
  
  20h30 – Concert de Sarah LAZARUS
  (U.S.A, France, Antilles)
  
  22h00 – Concert de SIXUN
  (France, Antilles, Afrique)
  
  00h00 - Fin

• Play One For Russell features Barbara Cadet [+ Show ]
  

  If you attended – or heard about – the Arturo Tappin show last month, you know that jazz is well and...If you attended – or heard about – the Arturo Tappin show last month, you know that jazz is well and truly alive at Russell’s Fort James; and that there is an audience for it.
  
  MOJO Productions – Dorbrene O’Marde, Mandy Cameron, and Clarvis Joseph – know it, too. They continue to capitalise on that interest with this Sunday evening’s Play One For Russell 2. The featured artiste this time around will be Barbara Cadet.
  
  Cadet is no stranger to Russell’s, as, according to a MOJO release, she’s been there three times before. When the grouping thought, ideally, of attracting a female artiste to headline their Father’s Day concert, with her Antiguan following and jazz credentials, the Caribbean “jazz apostle” proved an ideal choice.
  
  Cadet is described as a multi-instrumentalist (sax, keyboards, drums, vocals) and credited with having “stylistic diversity” built on a strong jazz foundation.
  
  Her latest CD Define This! has reportedly been hailed as “one for genuine aficionados and collectors of the genre.”
  
  MOJO was able to snag her fresh from events like the main stage at St Lucia Jazz and the Dominican Jazz and Creole Festival.

• Dominica Jazz Festival
  

  Barbara Cadet at Jazz 'n' Creole 2011, Dominica

• Dominica Jazz Festival
  

  Quality Jazz-Creole at Fort Shirley

Setlist

Shows are approximately 1hour featuring original compositions from recent productions and releases and can be extended up to 90mins.

Basic Requirements

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