The Bridge City Jazz Band starts back at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 6th January 2017 and we've a trumpet lead we've not used before but know well and have played with him, often at the long running, now closed gig, with the Eclipse Alley 5 Jazz Band at the Strawberry Hills Hotel in Sydney....
Bruce Johnson is our lead for the night....welcome Bruce, with Monique Lysiak on the Club's grand piano, Paul Furniss on reeds filling in for our regular reed player, Colin Beal who is still on holiday and Mr Smoothie, Joel Davis on drums....together with the Bridge City JB regulars Colin Davies on double bass, myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo and welcoming to our trombone spot in the band, Mike Hallam who replaces John Bates who unfortunately still has major medical issues to confront....
All we need is your good selves and the night will be a swinging one of traditional jazz....
Best of all the admission is FREE....
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.....
John Bates who played with us in the Bridge City Jazz Band for many years, many other groups around Australia in his over 60 years of playing is moving from Sydney with his partner Brenda Potter to Melbourne in March....
So we've a special ""Farewell to John and Brenda" at Club Ashfield on Friday 24th February, 7.30pm.... the band will be led by Tony Thomas tpt, Ron Cook piano, Paul Furniss, reeds and Jim Morrell on drums...
John will socialise and perhaps do a song or two for us.
His medical issues prevent him playing trombone.....
MARK THIS IN YOUR DIARIES!!
Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...
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