Friday, December 12, 2014

Welcome to 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...and this coming Friday 19th December 2014 which is the last date we play this year...we've Bill Dudley on trumpet, Gary Walford on piano and Chris Gentle on drums

Well this Friday, 19th December 2014  is our "Christmas Special"...the last night we play at Club Ashfield this year......then we are away for 2 Fridays, playing in Swan Hill at the 69th Australian Jazz Convention...returning on to the Club on Friday 9th January 2015...
Bill Dudley is our trumpet lead for the night with Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and Chris Gentle on the bands drum kit...complementing the regular Bridge City Jazz Band quartet up to a 7 piece traditional jazz band.
John Bates on trombone, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Bill always has the band swinging so it is a night to come along and dance with us or just listen....


Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway station on the northern side and the gig is up on the first floor in the bistro/function area from 7.30pm to 10.30pm with the restaurant serving nice food until 9pm.....I always eat there on Jazz nights....
Best of all the admission is FREE....



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


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