Tuesday, April 28, 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 1st May 2015...we've Mike Hallam on trumpet lead with David Stevens on the Club's grand piano and Chris Gentle on drums....

Mike Hallam is with us this coming Friday 1st May playing trumpet lead for the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield together with David Stevens on the Club's grand piano and Chris Gentle playing the bands drum kit...the four regulars from the band complement them taking it to the usual 7 piece traditional jazz band... with John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on alto sax and clarinet, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
A solid night of great, danceable, traditional jazz....

 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...

Friday, April 17, 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 24th April 2015...we've a 65th birthday bash....Bill Dudley's on cornet lead and he's 65! Gary Walford is on the Club's grand piano with Jimmy Fletcher on drums.....

Well he's finally made it....Bill Dudley's 65....!!!
The Bridge City Jazz Band are running a big birthday bash for him this coming Friday 24th April 2015 at Club Ashfield....Bill will lead the band on cornet, with Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and Jimmy Fletcher on the bands drum kit.....the regular Bridge City Jazz Band guys join them....John Bates, trombone and vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double Bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....
It will be a wow of a night...selected sit-ins...a big A3 card with photos of Bills life for you to look at and make a few nice comments and of course the large birthday cake we always have.....
See you there.....



 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...

Friday, April 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 17th April 2015...we've a two trumpet front line....Bob Barnard and Al Davey with Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano, Paul Furniss on reeds and Jim Morrell on drums....what a night!!!

Its been some years since the Bridge City Jazz Band has run a two trumpet front line at Club Ashfield...likely the last was with the late, sadly missed John Wilson and Geoff Bull on trumpet lead.....
Well we are running another this coming Friday 17th April 2015 featuring Bob Barnard and Al Davey on the trumpet lead...perhaps a "west coast" number or two...?
Peter Locke is on the Club's grand piano, Paul Furniss on additional reeds, Jim Morrell on drums with the regular Bridge City personnel, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass, John Bates on trombone and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo.... a  9 piece band!
You wont see this often in Sydney or elsewhere for that matter.....
Put it in your diary....see you on the night....
 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...



Tuesday, April 7, 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 10th April 2015...we've Kym Till on trumpet lead,Monique Lysiak on piano, Mike Hallam on trombone and Joel Davis on drums......

Kym Till is perhaps better known as a jazz pianist but he's equally at home on trumpet lead and he leads the Bridge City Jazz Band this coming Friday 10th April 2015 at Club Ashfield with "unique" Monique Lysiak on the club's grand piano and with JB away playing elsewhere Mike Hallam is on the trombone chair with Joel Davis on drums for us....
An interesting evening as Kym will likely do a few numbers on piano with Mike on swapping to trumpet.....
Complementing them are the regular Bridge City Jazz Band regulars....Colin Davies on double Bass, Colin Beal on reeds and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....
Intrigued?....Come along for a great night of traditional jazz...

 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...