Friday, July 24, 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 31st July 2015 we've a special big birthday bash to celebrate that night....pianist David Stevens is 90!! And he's playing with the band as well as Jiri Kripac on trumpet lead and Joel Davis on drums...it will be a great night of jazz...

Well it isn't often we get to celebrate a 90th birthday of a working jazz musician.....pianist David Stevens had made it and plays Club Ashfield's grand piano with the Bridge City Jazz band..an old mate of his Jiri Kripac is on trumpet lead and Mr smoothie, Joel Davis is on drums with the rest of the Bridge City JB regulars....Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass, Dennis Quinlan on banjo and John Bates on trombone and vocals.....
 David celebrates his 85th at Club Ashfield...



 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...
 


Tuesday, July 21, 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 24th July 2015 we've Mike Hallam on tpt lead, Frank Watts on piano and Craig Lee on drums...

Mike Hallam is quite a musician...while he's to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday evening, he's sure to have a trombone and harmonica with him...Frank Watts is on the Club's grand piano and Craig Lee on the drum kit and together with Bridge City Jazz band regulars, John Bates trombone and vocals, Colin Beal clarinet and alto sax, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo it will make for a great night of traditional jazz...



 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....






Friday, July 10, 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 17th July 2015 we've Paul Furniss leading the band on soprano saxophone, Monique Lysiak's on the Club's grand piano, Trevor Rippingale on tenor sax and Joel Davis on drums.....

Paul Furniss has been "in the wars" medically of late and its great to see he can be with us at Club Ashfield leading the Bridge City Jazz Band on soprano sax and other reeds..."Unique Monique", Monique Lysiak is on the piano, Joel Davis on the drum kit and with John Bates away its great to have Trevor Rippingale on tenor sax and other reeds.....
Three clarinets....shades of Paul's Liquorice Allsorts jazz band.....!
Forming the rest of the seven piece band for the night is Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....



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...





Friday, July 3, 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 10th July 2015 we've another with Bill Dudley on cornet lead with Brad Newmanon the Club's grand piano and Mr smoothie, Joel Davis on drums....

Bill Dudley's back with us at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 10th July 2015 leading the Bridge City Jazz Band on cornet with Bradley Newman on the piano and Joel Davis on drums.....
suggest the night will swing like a dunny door in a southerly buster...!
The regular Bridge City Jazz Band make up the 7 piece for the night....Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds, John Bates on trombone/vocals 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 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....