Friday, April 25, 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...and this coming Friday 2nd May 2014,Geoff Power leads the band with Kym Till on piano, Joel Davis on drums and sharing the night on banjo is Cliff Parsons...

With Easter and Anzac Day behind us, we can settle in at Club Ashfield to provide you with some of the best traditional Jazz around...The Bridge City Jazz Band regulars are joined by special guests Geoff Power on trumpet lead, Kym Till on piano, Joel Davis on drums and two banjos myself and Cliff Parsons. John Bates is on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on alto sax and clarinet, Colin Davis on double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo with Cliff Parsons from the second set.
Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta Road side, with the gig on the first floor in the bistro/function area and commencing 7.30pm through to 10.30pm....great food in the bistro, drinks at Club prices and all this is FREE...



Future special guests at Club Ashfield and other Bridge City JB gigs...





Monday, April 21, 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...and this coming Friday 25th April 2014, while ANZAC DAY, we'll see Al Davey lead the band on trumpet with Gary Walford on piano and Jim Morrell on drums.... ,

Last week saw Club Ashfield closed on Good Friday and while this coming Friday the 25th April is Anzac Day, the Bridge City Jazz band is back in action with Al Davey leading the band on trumpet, Gary Walford "tickling the ivories" on the Club's grand piano and evergreen Jim Morrell back on drums....they join the regular Bridge city Jazz Band members...Dennis Quinlan on banjo, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds and John Bates on trombone/vocals.....
Always a great night of traditional jazz.... 
Jazz for dancing and listening...




Other special guests for future dates at Club Ashfield....

Where is Club Ashfield??
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta road side...the gig is on the first floor bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm..
Admission is FREE...




Friday, April 11, 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...However this coming Friday 18th April 2014, Club Ashfield is closed on GOOD FRIDAY so there is no JAZZ

Friday 18th April 2014....GOOD FRIDAY....
And for this Club Ashfield is closed all day, so the Bridge City Jazz Band is not playing.......
But we are back on the following Friday, 25th April, which yes is Anzac Day....


                                                               HAPPY EASTER!!!!
See the following sheet listing the future special guests for the gig at Club Ashfield with the Bridge City Jazz Band on Friday 25th April....
I'll do a post following Easter....

Tuesday, April 8, 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 11th April 2014 sees Mike Hallam leading on trumpet, Andrew Kitchen on piano, Craig Lee on drums and Kym Till on valve trombone...

Well Mike's back...! We've Mike Hallam leading the Bridge City Jazz Band this Friday 11th April with Andrew Kitchen on Club Ashfield's grand piano, Craig Lee on drums and as John Bates is elsewhere we asked Kym Till to play valve trombone for us....
Should be an interesting night as Mike also plays trombone and Kym plays trumpet, they'll have both there on the night so should be some interesting swapping and duet playing....
The regular Bridge city Jazz Band members, Colin Davies on double bass, myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo and Colin Beal on reeds will complement them...




Where is Club Ashfield??
...5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway Staion on the northern or Parramatta Road side.....gig is on the first floor of the Club in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm...



Future special guests at Club Ashfield and other Bridge City Jazz Band gigs....