Thursday, January 26, 2017

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 3rd February 2017 sees George Washingmachine back with us on jazz violin with Gary Walford on piano and Chris Gentle on drums...

Always an interesting night of traditional jazz at Club Ashfield with super jazz violinist George Washington leading the Bridge City Jazz Band...as well we've Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and making his first appearance with George...Chris Gentle on drums.....
They add to  the Bridge City JB regulars...Mike Hallam on trombone, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
A great night of traditional jazz coming as I mentioned earlier....







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



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.....
John Bates who played with us in the Bridge City Jazz Band  and Paul Furniss' San Francisco Jazz Band for many years and 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!!

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....



A belated "Happy Australia Day"

 

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