Monday, January 4, 2016

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 8th January, the first for the band for 2016 we've popular Sydney trumpeter Geoff Power leading the band with Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano and Joel Davis on drums.....

Well a Happy New Year to all of you from myself and all in the Bridge City Jazz Band....
Most of the band attended the 70th Australian Jazz Convention during the Christmas - New Year period which was in Ballarat, Victoria a City that last saw the convention 30 years back.....
Played with other muso friend in a few bands and listened to many others...great stuff...
Greater stuff is the band back in action at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 8th January 2016 7.30pm to 10.30pm with popular trumpeter Geoff Power leading the band and Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano and Mr Smoothie, Joel Davis on the drum stool as the bands special guests and complementing the regulars.....myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....Colin Davies on double bass... Colin Beal on reeds and John Bates on trombone/vocals...
All we need is your good selves and friends to make up a great audience for some super traditional jazz.....





 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....



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

 

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