Thursday, September 10, 2015

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 18th September we've one of Bill Dudley's last performances leading the band before he leaves to live in Cairns, Qld...Gary Walford is on the piano and Jim Morrell on drums....

With Bill Dudley relocating with Lyn Scarrow to Cairns in north Queensland around the end of October, the forthcoming Friday 18th September  is one of the last gigs he'll do for us at Club Ashfield leading the Bridge City Jazz Band...We've a special "Farewell to Bill" night on Friday 2nd October and his last night with us is Friday 16th October.....
On piano with him is an old mate Gary Walford and Jim Morrell on drums...
The regular Bridge City Jazz Band crew make up the band....Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds, John Bates on trombone/vocals and Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Always a great night of traditional jazz, super for dancing with Bill around.....






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





 Club Ashfield is at 1-11 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....




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