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 16th August 2013 sees a big Birthday Bash for the special guest bandleader for the night...Jiri Kripac is 70!

        Jiri's 70 in a few days........
Happy Birthday "lad" from all your jazz friends....

 Jiri pictured at his wedding to Pauline 2nd October 2004....

Well Jiri Kripac, affectionately known as "the bouncing Czech", leads the Bridge City Jazz Band on Friday 16th August for a BIG BIRTHDAY BASH at Club Ashfield..... for him!

On piano is his old mate David Stevens with Chris Gentle on drums and the usual BCJB guys, John Bates on trombone, Colin Beal is away so Mal Quine is with us on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo....

There'll be some selected sit-in sets for muso friends visiting, a big birthday cake for Jiri to cut and a special A3 sized birthday card made up by DQ highlighting pictorially some of Jiri's life and space for those attending, and we invite you to come, to write some comments...

Where is Club Ashfield...?  5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside Ashfield Railway Station, gig is on th first floor in the bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

 

Future special guests for Club Ashfield with the Bridge City Jazz band and future other BCJB gigs...