Friday, July 26, 2019

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 2nd August 2019 Bill Dudley's down from Cairns in north Qld and plays trumpet lead for us with Carolyn Packer on 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 2nd  August 2019 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.3rd...Bill, Carolyn & Jim will be with Bill's New Orleanians at the Sydney Jazz Club presents a SPECIAL JAZZ CONCERT with  Music from 1pm to 4pm Cheltenham Recreation Club close to Cheltenham Railway Station. There is an admission charge.






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 19, 2019

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 26th July 2019 we have Paul Furniss back on soprano sax lead with Bradley Newman on the Club grand piano and Jim Morrell on drums....

Paul Furniss will lead off the forthcoming night at Club Ashfield on Friday 5th  April 2019 with pianist Bradley Newman on the Club's grand piano, and Lawrie Thompson on drums, sadly the booked drummer Jim Morrell is in Shoalhaven Hospital with medical issues... all in the band with Bridge City regulars .. Colin Davies double bass, Mike Hallam on trombone, Colin Beal on reeds.. and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
Sure to be some clarinet duets.....








  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....


  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 12, 2019

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 19th July 2019 sees Pam Withnall back leading the band on soprano sax with Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano, Geoff Power on trombone,Ros Mayne on double bass and Chris Gentle on drums...

This coming Friday, 18th January 2019 at Club Ashfield we've Pam Withnall on soprano sax and reeds lead with Peter Locke on piano, Geoff Power on trombone, Ros Mayne on double bass and Chris Gentle on drums, joining the Bridge City Jazz Band regulars  Colin Beal on reeds 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....

  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....