Welcome to 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...and this coming Friday 6th March 2015...we've Mike Hallam back with us on trumpet lead with Monique Lysiak on piano and Craig Lee on drums....

Mike Hallam is a multi instrumentalist and this coming Friday 6th March he'll lead the Bridge City Jazz Band on trumpet but sure to have a harmonica and trombone with him also.....nice to have Monique Lysiak playing Club Ashfield's grand piano with the band and Craig Lee on the drum stool, all joining the Bridge City JB regulars....John Bates on trombone and vocals; Colin Beal on alto sax and clarinet; Colin Davies on double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo....

Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...

 Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side and the gig is up on the first floor in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm with the restaurant serving nice food until 9pm.....I always eat there on Jazz nights.... Best of all the admission is FREE....

Welcome to 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...and this coming Friday 27th February 2015...we've Geoff Bull on trumpet, Bradley Newman on piano, and Graham Hilgendorf on drums....

Geoff Bull is a great New Orleans style trumpet player and always in demand, especially in Japan which he visits several times a year, so we're pleased to have him back at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 27th February 2015 with a last minute replacement for pianist Gary Walford in Bradley Newman who since playing with us in the Bridge City Jazz Band has developed into a really good jazz pianist and he's playing the Club's grand piano for us with Graham Hilgendorf on drums....with the rest of  the Bridge City Jazz Band regulars, John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo it will be a great night of swinging New Orleans style jazz.....
Shall we see you there....?

Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side and the gig is up on the first floor in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm with the restaurant serving nice food until 9pm.....I always eat there on Jazz nights.... Best of all the admission is FREE....

 Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...

Welcome to 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...and this coming Friday 20th February 2015 we've a big 70th birthday bash for banjoist Dennis Quinlan with Canberrans Tony Thomas on trumpet, Ron Cook on piano and evergreen Jim Morrell on drums....come and celebrate with me...

Well I've finally "become out of warranty" as an old friend once said to me when you reach 70 
( which is Monday 16th for those interested....)...so while I run birthday bashes for other muso friends reaching "memorable" ages...those ending with a "0" or "5", it's my turn to run my own this coming Friday 20th February 2015 at Club Ashfield....
Special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band on the night are, up from Canberra, Tony Thomas on trumpet and vocals, Ron Cook on the Club's grand piano and evergreen Sydneysider Jim Morrell on drums.....together with the usual Bridge City Jazz Band regulars...myself, Dennis Quinlan on Banjo, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on alto saxophone and clarinet and John Bates on trombone and vocals....
We'll have selected sit-ins from visiting muso's come to join in with us, as usual I'll make a large A3 sized birthday card with photos front and rear and we'll have  a big birthday cake to share around....

The music will be super..all we need is you...!

My grand daughter, Elizabeth May practices "Happy Birthday" with me....

Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side and the gig is up on the first floor in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm with the restaurant serving nice food until 9pm.....I always eat there on Jazz nights.... Best of all the admission is FREE....

  Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...

Welcome to 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...and this coming Friday 13th February 2015, we've that multi instrumentalist Al Davey on trumpet lead with super jazz pianist Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano and "Mr Smoothie", Lawrie Thompson on drums...what a night is shaping up...!

Al Davey is equally at home on jazz trumpet or trombone, but this coming Friday 13th February 2015 at Club Ashfield we've got him leading the Bridge City Jazz Band with other special guests, Peter Locke on piano and Lawrie Thompson on drums...
The usual Bridge City Jazz Band guys complement them....Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass, myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo and John Bates on trombone/vocals....

Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side and the gig is up on the first floor in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm with the restaurant serving nice food until 9pm.....I always eat there on Jazz nights.... Best of all the admission is FREE....

  Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...