Friday, May 27, 2011

Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield Friday 3rd June 2011....Paul Furniss returns to lead the band....

This Friday 3rd June at Club Ashfield, the special guests are a welcome back to Paul Furniss to lead the band on soprano saxophone and for sure he and Colin Beal will feature some clarinet duos....
Monique Lysiak..."Unique Monique" as she is affectionately called is on piano with Viv Carter down from Murrurundi to play drums...he'll be with Paul Furniss in Paul's San Francisco Jazz Band playing on the Sunday 5th at Cronulla RSL's Fortunes Lounge....worth marking that gig down!
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Paul Furniss plays lead on the night....
Viv Carter....a "mountain man" for sure....
"Unique Monique" on piano....
Where is Club Ashfield???
Whats on with the Bridge City JB.....??
The Bridge City Jazz band has a core of regulars.....
Colin Davies on double bass....
Colin Beal on reeds.....
John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....




Some of the photos I use are perhaps "a little flattering " to the age of all of us....but I like to illustrate the website with a variety of photos and well, you can see what we looked like a few years back!!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band combines with Black Mountain JB to play at Club Ashfield on Friday 27th May and then again on the Sunday 29th May for the Central Coast Jazz League at the Central Coast Leagues Club.....

Well DQs back from the USA after an action filled Friday with Sydney airport closed to fog, my flight diverted to Brisbane where it waited until 2pm before setting off to Sydney where I emerged from the terminal at 3.30pm in time for the show with Jiri Kripac and the lads on 20th at Club Ashfield....
As usual a great night and the previous night with Bill Dudley also went off a treat...
This Friday the 27th May sees the Black Mountain and Bridge City Jazz bands combine again at Club Ashfield and for those going to the Central Coast Leagues Club  on Sunday 29th May, we'll be playing there also from 2-5pm...
Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane Drive, Gosford.....
"X" marks the spot....
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The Saturday between, Sat.28th has a 5 piece Bridge City JB playing at Lane Cove shopping mall in front of Woolworths for the Council...10am-12pm....
Guest with us is Jim Morrell on drums....
It's a weather dependant gig and will be cancelled with rain...
Colin Beal, clarinet/alto saxaphone....
John Bates, trombone/vocals.....
Colin Davies,double bass.....
Ron Cook, piano....
Ian Hill, drums....
Tony Thomas, leader, trumpet/vocals.....
DQ on banjo.....

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield- Friday 20th May...Jiri Kripac leads on trumpet, David Stevens on piano, Chris Gentle on drums and DQs back on banjo....

Bit of a mixup from DQ over the events on this site since I was in the USA...I took a laptop, but had difficulty in getting internet contact at a suitable time, so information on last Sunday's gig at the Robertson Tavern in the Southern Highlands with the Black Mountain and Bridge City Jazz Band didn't get up loaded...am sure it was a great day....
Well DQs in Los Angeles on the way back to Sydney and this is where this is written from...
I'm back in Sydney Friday Morning....
Then that evening, 20th at Club Ashfield we have Jiri Kripac...affectionately known as "the bouncing Czech/cheque" with a play on words.....
Jiri's leading on trumpet and some vocals....other guests are David Stevens on piano, Chris Gentle on drums....the Bridge City JB completes with John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on clarinet and alto sax and myself back on banjo....
No photos as this is written on a friends computer and I can't access my photo archive.....
You'll just have to come along to see us.......

Friday, May 6, 2011

Jazz in Sydney....Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield- popular band leader Bill Dudley leads the band this Friday 13th May with Gary Walford piano, Jim Morrell on drums and as DQ is in the USA, Cliff Parsons plays banjo for us.... a great evening of traditional jazz as usual...

This coming Friday 13th May at Club Ashfield will see me replaced by Cliff Parsons on banjo...a lovely player...the audience is in for a treat....
I'm in the USA for 13 days.....
The band is led by popular band leader Bill Dudley on trumpet and vocals who runs his own band, The New Orleanians at the Strawberry Hills hotel in Surrey Hills, Sydney...
Gray Walford is on piano and a favourite of Bill's and completing the guest list is Jim Morrell on drums...
Jim was with the band as the drummer for many years before his retirement from active playing, but we like to have him back periodically....
Usual crew from the Bridge City Jazz band completing the lineup...Colin Beal on reeds, John Bates on trombone and vocals and Colin Davies on double bass....
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Cliff Parsons....
Bill Dudley...
Gary Walford.....
Jim Morrell...
Club Ashfield program until the end of July.....
John Bates....
Colin Beal and Colin Davies....
Club Ashfield's location...immediately beside the Ashfield Railway Station and the northern side in Charlotte Street...30 meter walk... the Club car-park is just nearby in Elizabeth Street, between Charlotte and Bland Streets.....