Friday, February 24, 2012

Live traditional Jazz in Sydney!!!....Club Ashfield provides it every Friday night... Geoff Power returns this coming Friday 2nd March 2012 leading the Bridge City Jazz Band with Andrew Kitchen on piano and Neil "Chauncey" Macbeth on drums.

Geoff Power is a great jazz multi instrumentalist who apart from running his own bands often leads others....
He's be a regular at Club Ashfield now for many years and is one of our popular trumpet players...
This Friday, 2nd March, he's back as our guest band leader and we welcome for the first time, Andrew Kitchen to play piano on the Club's grand and evergreen and hugely popular Neil Macbeth is on drums....
The rest of the Bridge City Jazz Band slot in with these great musos to provide a super nights entertainment...
Colin Beal on clarinet and alto saxophone, Colin Davies on double bass, John Bates on trombone and vocals and Dennis Quinlan on banjo.
We start at the usual time...7.30pm to 10.30pm in the bistro/function area of Club Ashfield, easily accessible by train, with the Club some 30 metres from the station on the north side...the Club's carpark is not much further away.
See the map lower down for directions to the Club...
Geoff Power leads a band run by Jim Elliott with Neill Macbeth also on drums....
Andrew Kitchen shown playing at Kate Dunbar's singers Workshop....
Neil Macbeth on a SJC Australia Day Cruise.....
John Bates on trombone....
Colin Beal on reeds.....
Colin Davies, double Bass....
Dennis Quinlan with Canadian Mike Hobbs, right, on banjo....
 


Friday, February 17, 2012

Live traditional Jazz in Sydney!!!....Club Ashfield provides it every Friday night... Mike Hallam returns this coming Friday 24th February 2012 leading the Bridge City Jazz Band with Peter Locke on piano and Craig Lee on drums....

Mike Hallam returns to Club Ashfield to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band this Friday with Gary Walford on piano and Craig Lee on Drums....
Our regular trombonist John Bates is playing elsewhere on the evening and we are pleased to have Mike Poore play trombone for the evening.
Colin Beal is on clarinet and alto saxophone , Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo.
7.30pm to 10.30pm in the Bistro/Function area on the first floor at Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway station on the north side.
Mike Poore....
Mike Hallam...
Gary Walford....
Craig Lee....
Dennis Quinlan...
Colin Beal....
Colin Davies...
Future Club Ashfield gigs with the Bridge City Jazz Band...
Other Bridge City JB gigs...
Where is Club Ashfield....?





Friday, February 10, 2012

Live traditional Jazz in Sydney!!!....Club Ashfield provides it every Friday night... this coming Friday 17th February 2012 sees Bill Dudley back leading the Bridge City Jazz Band....

We're always pleased to have Bill Dudley lead the Bridge City Jazz Band and he returns this Friday 17th February with popular Sydney jazz pianist Peter Locke on the club's grand piano and Joel Davis making up our special guests on the drum stool....
The usual Bridge City Jazz Band personel, John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo make up the usual seven piece traditional jazz band that has played at club Ashfield for over eight years...
Club Ashfield...details below....
The gig starts 7.30pm to 10.30pm in the bistro/function area on the first floor.
Colin Beal, Bill Dudley and John Bates....
Bill Dudley with Nesta Davies, who pops into Club Ashfield occasionally and sings with the band...


Peter Locke on piano....
Joel Davis on drums....
Colin Davies, double bass; Colin Beal, clarinet and Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Colin Davies, double bass...

Friday, February 3, 2012

Live Jazz in Sydney ... Geoff Bull is back with the Bridge City Jazz Band on Friday 10th February 2011 at Club Ashfield....

Barely a month since he was last here playing for us, so we welcome Geoff Bull back to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band on trumpet and stylish vocals with his right hand man on piano, Gary Walford and Graham Hilgendorf on drums....
A combination that likes to play together....
The Bridge City Jazz band melds with them, forming a tight 7 piece traditional jazz band with a New Orleans flavour....
Interested?
You should be.....mark it in your diary!
John Bates plays trombone and some vocals, Colin Beal on clarinet and alto saxophone, Colin Davies on double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo.
Left click on the images to enlarge them....


Geoff Bull leads the band....
Gary Walford on piano.....
Graham Hilgendorf...drums....
John Bates on trombone and Colin Davies, double bass
Colin Beal, clarinet and alto saxophone....
Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....
Where is Club Ashfield?
What's on next at Club Ashfield and other Bridge City JB gigs?