Friday, July 27, 2018

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 August 2018 sees Bill Dudley down from Cairns to lead the band on cornet, Carolyn Packer on boogie piano, and Jim Fletcher on drums...

Popular Sydney trumpet player and band leader Bill Dudley, now located in Cairns in far north Qld... returns to Club Ashfield this coming Friday 3rd  August 2018 to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band in league with one of his favourite piano players Carolyn Packer...
Making a return appearance on the drum stool for us is Bill's drummer, Jim Fletcher....
The usual Bridge City suspects make up the band...Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds, Mike Hallam on trombone and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
It will be a raging night of traditional jazz.....
Put it in your diaries....if you've not been before, check out where Club Ashfield is on the map lower down on this post....
On the Sat.4th...Bill, Carolyn & Jim will be with Bill's New Orleanians at the Austrian Club in Frenchs Forest around 8pm  ...booking could be essential...
And Sunday 5th as the same group at Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane Drive, Gosford, 2-5pm.















  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....






Friday, July 20, 2018

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 ...and this coming Friday the 27th July 2018 sees Mike Hallam back with us on trumpet lead with Bradley Newman on the Club's grand piano, Eric gibbons on trombone and Craig Lee on the drum stool....

Mike Hallam our regular trombone player is leading the Bridge City Jazz Band on trumpet this coming Friday 27th  July at Club Ashfield, with Bradley Newman on piano, Eric Gibbons on trombone, Craig Lee on drums ....they join up with Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds & myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Super jazz band playing for you that night.....











  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....










Friday, July 13, 2018

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 ...and this coming Friday the 20th July 2018 has Greg Englert back on trumpet lead with Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano, Al Davey on trombone and Chris Gentle on drums....

Greg Englert's back leading the Bridge City Jazz Band on trumpet this coming Friday 20th July 2018....at Club Ashfield with Greg on trumpet lead,  Al Davey on trombone, Gary Walford on piano and Chris Gentle on drums ...the Bridge City JB  regulars join them...Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds & myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo...

Polish those dancing shoes.....





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....








Friday, July 6, 2018

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 ...and this coming Friday the 13th July 2018 has two of the Power family back with the band...Geoff Power leading on cornet, son Michael on trombone, Peter Locke on piano and Jim Morrell on drums...

This coming Friday 13th July sees Geoff Power lead the Bridge City Jazz Band on cornet with Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano and Jim Morrell on drums and Michael Power on trombone....they join the Bridge City JB regulars,  Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and Dennis Quinlan on banjo....





 


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....