Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield Friday 4th March 2011....

Mike Hallam is more well known for his Hot 6 Jazz Band, but we are pleased he is one of our guest trumpet players, well actually he's a multi instrumentalist as he usually brings a trombone and a harmonica as well and he and John Bates slip into a two trombone routine later in the evening....
So this Friday 4th March 2011, Mike leads the band and we'll get some vocals as a bonus...
Piano is a welcome back to David Stevens.... DS hails from the UK an age ago and played in Mick Jagger's rock band before he became world famous, Mick Jagger that is....we'll resist the obvious dig....
The drum seat is for Craig Lee, Mike's son-in-law and a welcome addition to the group....the rest of the Bridge City Jazz Band are the usual suspects listed lower down in this blog....
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Some sad news from Gary Walford at the gig on Friday 25th is that the Unity Hall Hotel have cancelled the remaining Friday night Jazz...it has run for 38 and a half years......the longest running Jazz gig in Sydney, likely Australia.
The last night is this coming Friday 4th March...we'll excuse you from Club Ashfield that night  if you feel inclined to support Gary and his band on it's finale.....

Mike's a great animal lover and he and Maggie frequently slip out of Sydney with their caravan for some time in the bush...

Where is Club Ashfield...see the map above....

A rather cool looking Craig....

The lads from the Bridge City Jazz Band....
Colin Davies....double bass
John Bates......vocals and trombone
Colin Beal.......reeds
Dennis Quinlan.....banjo

Of late, Kate Dunbar OAM, a legend in Jazz singing in Australia and who runs her Singers Workshop at More's Cafe, 107 Glebe Point Road, Glebe every Tuesday evening 7.30pm-10pm( been going for over 20 years and many well-known women singers have passed though her hands....) is a frequent visitor to Club Ashfield and it is a pleasure to have her sing a song or two with us....
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Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield Friday 25th February 2011....

Friday 25th...last Friday in February and with the Unity Hall Hotel only running jazz now on the first Friday of the month, the opportunity to hire Geoff Bull, trumpet and Gary Walford piano is too good to pass up....as well drummer Graham Hilgendorf, a favourite of Geoff's is available and will fill the drum stool....
The night will tend to New Orleans jazz, a genre that Geoff and Gary admire so the night will be a good one....
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Graham Hilgendorf...sans drumkit!

The current gig guide for Club Ashfield....above
The Bridge City Jazz band plays other gigs in other venues, in 4,5,6,7 piece format...we often play with three members of the now retired Black Mountain Jazz Band from Canberra...Tony Thomas trumpet...Ron Cook, piano....and Ian Hill, drums....

 

The regular members of the Bridge City JB.....

Colin Davies....double Bass
Dennis Quinlan....banjo
Colin Beal....clarinet and alto sax
John Bates....trombone and vocals

A nice drop....Colin Beal.

"JB"...John Bates, trombone in hand..croons to the audience.

Jazz in Sydney...Bridge City Jazz Band and special guests on Friday 18th February 2011 at Club Ashfield....

Last Friday, 11th was a great night at Club Ashfield, featuring Al Davey, Gary Walford and Viv Carter as our special guest.....
This week, for Friday 18th February we have Paul Furniss leading the band on soprano sax and other reeds, with Frank Watts on piano and Viv Carter back again for another spot in the drum chair.....
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The flyer for Club Ashfield and the Bridge City JB to April....

How to find us....


The regular members of the Bridge City JB.....
Colin Davies....double Bass
Dennis Quinlan....banjo
Colin Beal....clarinet and alto sax
John Bates....trombone and vocals

Club Ashfield and the Bridge City Jazz Band and special guests on Friday 11th February 2011....

This coming Friday 11th February at Club Ashfield has the Bridge City Jazz band with special guests....
Alan Davey on trumpet. This is Alan's first time featuring with the band.
Gary Walford is on piano and we welcome Viv Carter onto the drum stool....
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The revised gig guide to the end of April 2011

Alan Davey on trumpet lead and vocals.....

Gary Walford plays piano with Geoff Bull's Olympia JB, Bankstown Sports Club May 2010...plays piano for us on the 11th.

Viv Carter...one of "the mountain men" plays drums for us...

Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield is right beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta road side...

And of course the regular band members are.....
John Bates, trombone and vocals....
Colin Beal, clarinet and alto Sax....
Colin Davies, double bass....
Dennis Quinlan, banjo.....