Friday, December 2, 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 four special guests each Friday taking the band up to a 7 piece swinging trad.jazz band...and this coming Friday the 9th December leading the band is Jiri Kripac on tpt, with Monique Lysiak on piano, Mike Hallam on trombone, and Chris Gentle on drums...and as its Verdon Morcom's 90th birthday he'll be along to play a couple of numbers with us..

Jiri Kripac's back from overseas and will be leading the Bridge City Jazz band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 9th December 2016 with Monique Lysiak..."Unique Monique" on the Club's grand piano, Mike Hallam on trombone and Chris Gentle on drums.
A jazz pianist friend...Verdon Morcom becomes a nonagenarian..he's 90!... so he's popping in to play a couple of numbers, get fussed over and we'll have a birthday card for him...
The Bridge City Jazz Band regulars join to make up the 7 piece swinging traditional jazz band for the night....Colin Beal, reeds; Colin Davies, double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....







                            Verdon Morcom becomes a nonagenarian..he's 90!...



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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