Saturday, August 24, 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 30th August 2013 we've multi instrumentalist Mike Hallam leading the band with Monique Lysiak on piano and Craig Lee on drums....

Mike Hallam popped in last week to hear Bob Barnard lead the Bridge City Jazz Band and had a sit-in as well...couple of two trumpet number showed what great musicians they both are...
Mike leads the band this Friday 30th August on trumpet, will surely have his trombone and harmonicas with him, so we are in for a treat.
Monique Lysiak is a favourite piano player of the band and she fits in so well....
Craig Lee on drums makes up our three special guests for the night playing with the regular Bridge City Jazz band members...Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on alto saxophone and clarinet, John Bates on trombone and vocals and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
Club Ashfield is the venue....5 Charlotte St., Ashfield beside Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta Road side...the gig is on the first floor in the bistro/function area and commences 7.30pm to 10.30pm.... and it is FREE....


Future special guests at Club Ashfield and future gigs for the band....
Where is Club Ashfield...maps below...




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