Sunday, March 30, 2014

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...this coming Friday 4th April 2014 sees Paul Furniss leading the band on Soprano Saxophone and other reeds with Monique Lysiak on piano and Graham Hilgendorf on drums.....

It's always a pleasure to have one of Australia's finest reed players lead the Bridge City Jazz Band ...Paul Furniss is the man this coming Friday 4th April 2014 with Monique..."unique Monique"..Lysiak on the Club's grand piano and renowned drummer Graham Hilgendorf as the special guest with the regular Bridge City Jazz Band personnel....Colin Davies, double bass; Colin Beal, reeds; John Bates trombone and vocals and Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
 

Where is Club Ashfield.....?
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side...gig up on the first floor Bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, and it is Free...




Saturday, March 22, 2014

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...this coming Friday 28th March 2014 sees Bill Dudley leading the band with Gary Walford on piano, Jim Morrell on drums and Cliff Parsons on banjo....

Big Bad Bill is back....Bill Dudley is back leading the Bridge City Jazz Band this coming Friday 28th March 2014 at Club Ashfield....
Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway Station with the gig on the first floor of the Club in the Bistro/Function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm..admission free...
Gary Walford is also back playing the Club's grand piano with Jim Morrell on drums and with me away in Canada/USA, Cliff Parson takes over the banjo chair...
Complemented by the other usual Bridge City Jazz Band personnel...John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on reeds and Colin Davies on double bass...a great night of swinging traditional jazz is assured...






Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band....


Friday, March 14, 2014

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...this coming Friday 21st March 2014 sees Geoff Power leading the band with Carolyn Packer on piano and Jim Morrell on drums....

Geoff Power is one of the busiest traditional jazz trumpet players and band leaders in Sydney and we don't see enough of him at Club Ashfield these days, so it is great to have him back leading the Bridge City Jazz Band this Friday 21st March with boogie/woogie specialist Carolyn Packer on the Club's grand piano and evergreen Jim Morrell on drums.....these complementing the regular band members, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass, John Bates on trombone/vocals and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
A night not really to be missed....



Future guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB gigs....
Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside the Ashfield Railway station, with the gig on the first floor bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm & admission is FREE....




Friday, March 7, 2014

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...this coming Friday 14th March 2014 sees multi instrumentalist Mike Hallam lead the band on trumpet with Andrew Kitchen on piano and Craig Lee on drums....

Mike Hallam joins us this coming Friday 14th March 2014 to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield on trumpet, but sure as eggs he'll have his trombone and several harmonicas with him.....
Andrew Kitchen is a regular pianist for Kate Dunbar's Singers workshop every Tuesday evening at Mengen Sofrasi restaurant in Glebe Point Road and is with us on piano and Mike's stepson Craig Lee plays drums....
Coupled with the regular Bridge City Jazz band members who really need no introduction, the night will be a swinging trad. jazz affair....John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double Bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo.


Where is Club Ashfield.....?
At 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side....
The gig on the first floor of the Club in the bistro/function area...starts at 7.30pm through to 10.30pm... and it's FREE...





Future Special Guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band and other future Band gigs...