Saturday, December 21, 2013

No Jazz at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 27th December...The Bridge City Jazz Band is back on Friday 3rd January 2014....MERRY CHRISTMAS....

Yes there is no traditional jazz at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 27th December 2013....
The Bridge City Jazz Band is at the 68th Australian Jazz Convention in Goulburn to a man!
So its Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all and we look forward to seeing you at Club Ashfield on Friday 3rd January 2014....visit this site in a week and we'll have the program for that and further nights....
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Colin Beal, Colin Davies, John Bates and Dennis Quinlan....The Bridge City Jazz Band...

Friday, December 13, 2013

Sydney's traditional jazz scene...live jazz in Sydney......Club Ashfield is the venue and with its long residency, The Bridge City Jazz Band is the band....a nominal 4 piece we have three special guests each Friday taking the band up to a 7 piece swinging trad.jazz band...this coming Friday 20th December 2013 is the last night at Club Ashfield for 2013 and Bill Dudley is playing cornet lead, Gary Walford on piano with Chris Gentle on drums.... on drums...

Well this coming Friday 20th December is the last night for the Bridge City Jazz band playing at Club Ashfield for 2013....
We're going out with a bang...always a bang when we've Bill Dudley on cornet lead coupled with Gary Walford on piano and Chris Gentle on drums....
The rest of the Bridge City Jazz Band are then off to the 68th Australian Jazz Convention at Goulburn.... Colin Davies, double bass; Colin Beal, reeds; John Bates, trombone and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Could be a bit Christmassy with the occasional Christmas carol played with a jazz feel.....
Why not come along if you're in Sydney or nearby and celebrate the festive season with us....



Future guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band in 2014 and additional other gigs with the band...

Where is Club Ashfield....??
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield railway station on the northern side.
The gig is on the first floor, in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm and it's FREE...




Friday, December 6, 2013

Sydney's traditional jazz scene...live jazz in Sydney......Club Ashfield is the venue and with its long residency, The Bridge City Jazz Band is the band....a nominal 4 piece we have three special guests each Friday taking the band up to a 7 piece swinging trad.jazz band...this coming Friday 13th December 2013 sees the guys from Canberra come up to join the band...Tony Thomas on trumpet, Ron Cook on piano and Ian Hill on drums....

We always enjoy joining up with the old Black Mountain Jazz Band people....Tony Thomas on trumpet lead, Ron Cook on Club Ashfield's grand piano and Ron Cook on the drum stool....
Together we form a band that plays several other gigs throughout the year...The Black Mountain and Bridge City Jazz Band.....
The usual lineup from the Bridge City Jazz band is Colin Beal on reeds, John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
We've one more Friday this year at the Club before the whole Bridge City Jazz Band personnel go to the 68th Australian Jazz Convention at Goulburn, but we'll be back again at Club Ashfield on Friday 3rd January 2014....

Where is Club Ashfield...?    5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side with the gig on the first floor in the bistro/function area..7.30pm to 10.30pm and it is FREE...
Note there is no Jazz on the Friday 27th December.....back again on Friday 3rd January.



Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band and other outside Bridge City JB gigs...