Friday, November 30, 2012

Live Jazz in Sydney...live traditional Jazz. This coming Friday, 7th December 2012 sees the Canberra trio join up with us to make the Black Mountain and Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield....Tony Thomas on trumpet, Ron Cook on piano and Ian Hill on drums...

The seven piece jazz band made up of a trio from the old Black Mountain JB and a quartet from the Bridge City JB....
The Black Mountain and Bridge City Jazz Band.....
Well they're on this coming Friday 7th December.....Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield in the first floor bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm.....admission Free!
I'll used a group of photos taken for me when the band played at the Austrian Club in Mawson, ACT twice this year...thanks to Jim Styles for the use of his photos and to whoever used my camera on one of the gigs...
Tony Thomas on trumpet, Ron Cook on piano, John Bates on trombone, Colin Beal on reeds, Ian Hill on drums, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo....





Club Ashfield is beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side....



Future gigs for the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and elsewhere....

Friday, November 23, 2012

Visit Club Ashfield for Live Traditional Jazz in Sydney....This Friday 30th November sees popular New Orleans style cornet player Bill Dudley lead the Bridge City Jazz Band with a popular sidekick on the Club's grand piano...Gary Walford..tastful drummer Joel Davis completes the trio of special guests for the night...

Bill Dudley is a great front man in a jazz band and we're pleased to have him back this coming Friday 30th November leading the Bridge City Jazz Band.
With Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and Joel Davis on drums the rest of the guys will slot in and the night will be on fire....
"Swinging like a dunny door in a southerly buster!" is a description I'm fond of using...
Come along and see for yourself!


Bill Dudley on cornet....


Gary Walford tickles the ivories....

 Joel Davis on drums....
Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....with John Blenkhorn, guitar...
Colin Beal, reeds...Colin Davies, double bass....and Dennis Quinlan, banjo.
 Colin Beal on clarinet...
 Colin Davies on double bass...

John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Forthcoming gigs for the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and elsewhere...


Club Ashfield...5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside and immediately on the northern side of Ashfield Railway Station....
Jazz is on Friday evenings, 7.30pm to 10.30pm in the first floor bistro/function area....

Friday, November 16, 2012

Traditional Jazz, live and at it's best in Sydney- Geoff Power leads the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this Friday, 23rd November and we've jazz piano great, Monique Lysiak and evergreen drummer Jim Morrell as our other special guests..........

Leading the Bridge City Jazz Band  this coming Friday 23rd November is a favourite trumpeter of our, Geoff Power with a pianist he  likes to accompany him....Monique Lysiak....
Drumming for us as the third guest is Jim Morrell who was resident drummer for the band for some years after its formation.



 Geoff Power on trumpet lead....

 "Unique" Monique plays piano for us....

Jim Morrell on drums....
The regular members of the Bridge City Jazz Band....
Colin Beal on reeds....Colin Davies on double bass, Dennis Quinlan on banjo and John Bates on trombone and vocals....

Where is Club Ashfield??.... see following-
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield on the immediate northern side of the railway line...up in the first floor bistro/function area....starting 7.30pm through to 10.30pm...
Admission...FREE.


Future gigs for the Bridge City Jazz band with special guests at Club Ashfield and elsewhere...