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 20th February 2015 we've a big 70th birthday bash for banjoist Dennis Quinlan with Canberrans Tony Thomas on trumpet, Ron Cook on piano and evergreen Jim Morrell on drums....come and celebrate with me...

Well I've finally "become out of warranty" as an old friend once said to me when you reach 70 
( which is Monday 16th for those interested....)...so while I run birthday bashes for other muso friends reaching "memorable" ages...those ending with a "0" or "5", it's my turn to run my own this coming Friday 20th February 2015 at Club Ashfield....
Special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band on the night are, up from Canberra, Tony Thomas on trumpet and vocals, Ron Cook on the Club's grand piano and evergreen Sydneysider Jim Morrell on drums.....together with the usual Bridge City Jazz Band regulars...myself, Dennis Quinlan on Banjo, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on alto saxophone and clarinet and John Bates on trombone and vocals....
We'll have selected sit-ins from visiting muso's come to join in with us, as usual I'll make a large A3 sized birthday card with photos front and rear and we'll have  a big birthday cake to share around....

The music will be super..all we need is you...!

My grand daughter, Elizabeth May practices "Happy Birthday" with me....

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...