Multi instrumentalist Mike Hallam is back leading the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield this coming Friday 2nd August, 7.30pm to 10.30pm in the first floor bistro/function area.... leading on trumpet, he'll have his trombone and harmonica to entertain the audience...
Admission Free...!!
Peter Locke is on piano, Stan Valacos on double bass and Graham Hilgendorf on drums make up our other special guests for the evening, joining BCJB regulars John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on alto sax/clarinett and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
Always a great evening of traditional jazz...jazz for dancing and listening to...
Come along.....
Future special guests for the BCJB at Club Ashfield and other gigs for the band...
Where to find Club Ashfield....
We've not had Geoff Bull play with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield for several months now and he's been in Europe playing, including the big Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland...
Back with us on Friday 26th July with pianist Gary Walford, Gary Kohrmann on double bass and Joel Davis on drums all complementing the regular members of the Bridge City Jazz Band...myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo, Colin Beal on clarinet and alto sax and John Bates on trombone and vocals...
To use an oft used phrase by DQ..."the band will swing like a dunny door in a southerly...!"
Regular gigs for Bridge City JB in other venues and special guests for Club Ashfield to come...
Where is Club Ashfield??
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta Road side...gig is on the first floor in the bistro/function area a runs 7.30pm to 10.30pm....
I like the way Paul Furniss leads a band on soprano saxophone...powerful, masterful control of the instrument and we welcome him this coming Friday 19th July at Club Ashfield to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band....
Monique Lysiak is super on the Club's grand piano, Stan Valacos is with us this week and next, replacing our regular bass player and Joel Davis rounds the special guests out on drums....
This will be a night you'll enjoy....
Making up the rest of the band are resident players, Colin Beal on alto sax and clarinet, John Bates on trombone and vocals and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Paul was into 3-D photography years back and this is a print...you can fiddle around looking at it with 3D glasses if you've got some!
Ah, the gig.....Friday 19th July...at Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side...upstairs in the first floor bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm and its Free Admission...
Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB gigs elsewhere....
Well this is a first for the Bridge City Jazz Band... we've acclaimed jazz violinist George Washingmachine leading the band and playing piano with him on Club Ashfield's grand piano is Gary Walford...George often plays at Gary's gig at the Unity Hall Hotel Sunday afternoons.
Our regular bass player Colin Davies is away for four Fridays in the UK and this Friday its a pleasure to have Harry Harman OAM on double bass...Harry was in the inaugural Paramount Jazz Band in 1953 playing for the Sydney Jazz Club, which incidentally is the 3rd oldest continuously running jazz club in the world and celebrates it's 60th this coming August with a Sunday concert at "99 on York". Then we've Lawrie Thompson, a favourite drummer of mine, taking the drum stool for the night...
The three regular Bridge City JB members, John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Beal on reeds and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo will make a rip roaring 7 piece jazz band...
Will we see you in our audience on the night?...boy I'm sure looking forward to it...
The gig of course is at Club Ashfield, Friday evenings, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, 5 Charlotte St., Ashfield in the first floor bistro/function area....
Future special guests with the Bridge City JB at Club Ashfield.....
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