Career
Barlow has also toured and recorded with many other jazz greats including Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Jackie McLean, Billy Cobham, Dizzy Gillespie, Curtis Fuller, Eddie Palmieri, Benny Golson, Lee Konitz, Helen Merrill, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Dave Kikowski, Richie Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Higgins, Freddie Hubbard and Wynton Marsalis, Cindy Blackman, Ernie Watts, Eddie Henderson, Jeff Watts, Essiet Essiet, Bennie Green and Mike Nock. He was in Stan Traceys" Group, Gordon Becks" Quintet, and performed with Kenny Wheeler and Django Bates. He recorded and performed with numerous popular artists while in England includingWham, Style Council, Sting, Ian Dury.
In Australia and SEAsia he has performed with many artists and groups, including Keys Music Association, The Benders, Bruce Cale, Roger Frampton, Vince Jones, Margaret Urlich, Kate Ceberano, Indra Lesmana, and Dwiki Dharmawan.
Dale"s group "The Wizards of Oz" with Paul Grabowsky, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck, was the first Australian group to undertake a major 2 continent tour (United States of America/Canada/Europe) with assistance from the Australia Council for the Arts. Dale was chosen to represent Australia at International Jazz Day 2013 in Istanbul alongside Esperanza Spaulding, Robert Glasper, Ben Williams, Terri Lyne Carrington, Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock and others
Barlow briefly studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in the late 1970s. Dale has a Masters of Music degree originally begun at City College New York under Ron Carter and completed at American National University Canberra.
Dale loves being part of the world jazz community and hosts his own bands featuring his original music in the spirit of the now and oneness with all things.