Monday, October 26, 2015

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 30th October we've the Canberra duo back in Sydney with us...Tony Thomas on trumpet lead and Ron Cook on the Club's grand piano with special guest drummer Joel Davis on the drum stool...

The Bridge City Jazz Band always enjoy having the Canberra Duo of Tony Thomas ( trumpet lead) and Ron Cook ( piano) with the tasteful drummer Joel Davis join the band for a great evenings entertainment of traditional jazz this coming Friday 30th October at Club Ashfield ...
Usual Bridge City JB regulars are Colin Beal, reeds, John Bates trombone/vocals, Colin Davies double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
The night will swing like a dunny door in a southerly buster....!!





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

 Club Ashfield is at 1-11 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....




Saturday, October 17, 2015

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 23rd October we've Al Davey on trumpet lead and likely sometime during the night on trombone with "unique" Monique Lysiak on piano and Jim Morrell on drums....

A great Sydney based trumpet player is Al Davey and equally competent on trombone and yes he sings as well...so its a pleasure to have Al lead the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 23rd October with a special lady.."unique" Monique Lysiak on Club Ashfield's grand piano and Jim Morrell is backing up for another go on the drum seat for us....
Making up the usual seven piece traditional jazz band is the regular Bridge City Jazz Band crew...John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan back on banjo.....




 Club Ashfield is at 1-11 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...


Friday, October 9, 2015

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 16th October, despite us just having a "farewell to Bill" night, we've Bill Dudley for one last time before he travels to far north Qld..Cairns..to live...

Bill Dudley drives out of Sydney on 23rd October with his lady Lynn for a new life in Cairns, far north Queensland...despite us having a special "farewell to Bill" night for him the other week...which went off a treat...we've managed to get him for one last time playing cornet lead for the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield....Bradley Newman is on the Club's grand piano with Jim Morrell on drums and as I'm in the UK that night it's great to have Cliff Parsons dep for me on banjo....
A great night for sure....
Will "swing like a dunny door in a southerly.."
Get your glad rags on and come along to Club Ashfield on Friday 16th October..7.30pm to 10.30pm...
The rest of the Bridge City Jazz Band boys are there...Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds and John Bates on trombone...



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




 Club Ashfield is at 1-11 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....





Friday, October 2, 2015

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 9th October we've multi instrumentalist Mike Hallam on trumpet lead, Monique Lysiak on piano and Craig Lee on drums.....

Mike Hallam's a Sydney band leader and multi instrumentalist to boot and he's back with us, the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 9th October 20015 with "Unique Monique"...Monique Lysiak on the Club's grand piano and Craig Lee on drums.....
Added to the Bridge City Jazz Band regulars we have a swinging 7 piece traditional jazz band...great for listening and dancing...
John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and 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 1-11 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....