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 29th September 2017 we've Al Davey on trumpet lead, Gary Walford on piano and Chris Gentle on the bands drum kit....

Al Davey is a great trumpet player as well as trombonist...you often see him at Club Ashfield playing trombone for us when Mike Hallam is away leading his own band somewhere....we've got Al leading the Bridge City Jazz Band on  trumpet this coming Friday 29th September 2017 with Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and Chris Gentle on our drumkit...they join the Bridge City JB regulars...Mike Hallam on trombone, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Sure to be some instrument swapping between Al and Mike during the night to add some flavour  to the nights entertainment....

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

 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....

Geoff Power's Great Gatsby Orchestra...performing at Club Ashfield on Wed. 4th October 2017....admission charge is $15.

 

 At the 2017 Newcastle Jazz Festival....above 

  

 

Both above at a Club Ashfield gig....