Friday, August 16, 2013

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 23rd August 2013 we've international trumpeter Bob Barnard lead the band with Frank Watts on piano and Joel Davis on drums...

It really is too long a time since we've had Bob Barnard lead the Bridge City Jazz band at Club Ashfield, so it's great we've got him as the band leader this coming Friday 23rd August, with Frank Watts on the Club's grand piano and regular drummer Joel Davis making up the third of the special guests playing with the regular band members...myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo, Colin Beal on clarinet/alto saxophone, Colin Davies on double bass and John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Shaping up to be a super night....
Towards the end of the year...the 29th November in fact we'll celebrate Bob's 80th birthday at Club Ashfield with one of our great birthday bashes.....


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

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











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