For more than a decade, Judy was in great demand as an award-winning television performer. This began with contracts with GTV9, doing shows such as In Melbourne Tonight and Bandstand to appearances on most commercial TV shows throughout Australia, including ABC radio and ABC TV. In 1975, after spending a year travelling in Europe, Judy decided to look for other ways in which to express her music.''Jacques is one of the very few singers to emerge from the jazz/folk boom of the early '60's and define a new phase in her musical career in Australia''. - Bruce Johnson The Oxford Companion to Australian Jazz 1987.
This 'new phase' saw Judy broadening the depth and breath of her singing, both stylistically and technically. She has sung traditional jazz, popular standards, daring improvisations, blues and gospel, with bands as different as the Brian Brown Ensemble, Bob Sedergreen's Blues on the Boil, The Yarra Yarra Reunion Band and her own Wild Dog Ensemble and Lighthouse which performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997. In 2003 she won a Bell Award for her album ‘Making Waves’.
SINGLES
''What Can I Do Lord'' 1965 Lombard''Since You're Gone / You're Messin' Up My Mind'' 1966 Astor
''Somewhere In The World / A Real Live Fool'' 1967 Astor
'Yarra Yarra New Orleans Jazz Band With Judy Jacques Vol. 1' 1962 Crest
'Yarra Yarra New Orleans Jazz Band With Judy Jacques Vol. 2' 1962 Crest
''Judy Jacques And Her Gospel Four' 1963 Crest
'Be My Friend' 1964 Segue
ALBUMS
'Jazz As You Like It At City Hall Volume 1' 1964 Crest
'Yarra Yarra Reunion Band' 1994 Newmarket Music
'Making Wings' 2002
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References
http://www.wilddoghill.com.au/judy_jacques/html/bio.htm
Lady who has a fantastic voice went to many dances just cos Judy was singing
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