Friday, November 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 the 11th November we're celebrating "Hendo's 75th"...Bob Henderson's birthday with Bob on trumpet lead, Gary Walford on piano, Paul Furniss on tenor sax and Lawrie Thompson on drums....

The Bridge City Jazz Band are renowned for their "big birthday bashes" for special muso's reaching an auspicious age....this coming Friday 11th November 2016 at Club Ashfield we've another....
"Hendo's 75"!!
Bob Henderson turns 75 and we are celebrating with him on the night...Bob of course on trumpet lead, Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano, Paul Furniss on tenor sax and Lawrie Thompson on drums as the special guests, all joining the Bridge City JB regulars, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....
Aghh what a night is shaping up.....
The usual special sit-ins, a large A3 birthday card with photos of Bob's musical life littering it's front and rear cover and a great birthday cake to share with the patrons....
Polish the dancing shoes and get down to Club Ashfield on the 11th....
7.30pm to 10.30pm...with great food available in the bistro during the early part of the night....







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/Charlotte Room 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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