Saturday, July 28, 2012

Live Jazz in Sydney...live traditional Jazz!!..Jiri Kripac "The bouncing Czech" is the guest leader of the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 3rd August...

He sure is a character around the traditional Jazz scene in NSW...now based in the Avoca Beach area, Jiri Kripac...affectionately known as "The Bouncing Czech", likely because of his heritage....Jiri is back at Club Ashfield with the regular Bridge City Jazz Band guys....Colin Davies, double bass; Dennis Quinlan, banjo; Colin Beal, reeds and John Bates trombone and vocals......
On piano is David Stevens who plays regularly in Jiri's groups and the band is rounded out with Chris Gentle on drums....
Always an interesting night when Jiri is driving the band.....
Usual time...7.30pm to 10.30pm, in the upstairs bistro/function area.....
Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway Station on the north side....see direction further down this post....
Jiri Kripac....
The regular members of the Bridge City Jazz Band... Colin Beal, Colin Davies, John Bates and Dennis Quinlan....
Chris Gentle on drums...
David Stevens...piano.
Future gigs at Club Ashfield and elsewhere for the Bridge City Jazz Band...



Friday, July 20, 2012

Live Traditional Jazz!! Live Jazz in Sydney!!...This week sees Geoff Power back to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band...a super trumpet player with Monique Lysiak on Club Ashfield's grand piano and Graham Hilgendorf on drums as the three special guests for the evening....

Geoff Power is one of the busiest musicians around Sydney and it's a treat for us to have him come to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield ( see further down this post for details) and have "unique" Monique Lysiak accompany him on piano.
Graham Hilgendorf has been overseas and just returned...he'll play drums for us as the other special guest....
Regular Bridge City Jazz Band members John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Beal, clarinet and alto saxophone, myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo and returning from Puhket, Colin Davies on double bass make up the band....
Always well prepared, Geoff has charts for the special tunes he often plays and the sound is swinging and tight....
Geoff Power on cornet....
Graham Hilgendorf on drums....
Monique Lysiak on piano.....
John Bates on trombone....
 Colin Davies, double bass and Colin Beal, clarinet...
Dennis Quinlan, banjo and John Bates, trombone....
The Bridge City Jazz band and future gigs at Club Ashfield and elsewhere...

Friday, July 13, 2012

Live Jazz...Live Jazz in Sydney....Live Traditional Jazz....! Just back from the big Jazz Festival in Ascona, Switzerland, Paul Furniss leads the Bridge City Jazz Band on Friday 20th July 2012....a great night shaping up....

During the last month, Paul Furniss, Bob Henderson, John Blenkhorn and Dave Barnett were invited guests at the prestigious Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland..... just back from Europe, Paul Furniss leads the Bridge City Jazz Band on soprano saxophone and clarinet.....he and Colin Beal are sure to play some inspiring clarinet duets....
Supporting them are three other special guests...Frank Watts on the Club's grand piano, Viv Carter on drums and with Colin Davies on vacation, Gary Kohrman is playing acoustic double bass....
The rest of the usual band is there....Colin Beal on clarinet, John Bates on trombone and vocals and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
The night will swing like a dunny door in a southerly to quote an old  Aussie expression...
At Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield in the first floor bistro/function area, 7.30pm to 10.30pm...admission free....
See below for more details....
Paul Furniss, Viv Carter and John Bates.....
Paul Furniss with Jack Wiard...
Frank Watts plays piano on the night...
Viv Carter on drums....
 Gary Kohrmann on acoustic double bass.....
Colin Beal and Paul Furniss.....
John Bates on vocals and trombone...
Dennis Quinlan on banjo.....
Future gigs for The Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and elsewhere....

Friday, July 6, 2012

Live Jazz in Sydney.....Bill Dudley's back at Club Ashfield this Friday 13th July with Gary Walford on piano and Joel Davis on drums......all special guests of the Bridge City Jazz Band....

Yes Bill's Back...it has a ring to it....
Bill Dudley likes to play with the Bridge City Jazz Band guys at Club Ashfield, so with pianist Gary Walford and drummer Joel Davis the night is shaping up to be a beauty....
Why not come along....
Regular members of the Bridge City JB...John Bates, Colin Davies, Colin Beal and myself, Dennis Quinlan welcome them for a night of swinging New Orleans flavoured traditional jazz...
Great to dance to...great to listen to....

Bill Dudley on trumpet and vocals....
Joel Davis on drums with Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano...
John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Colin Davies on double bass....

Colin Beal on clarinet....
What's on at Club Ashfield with the Bridge City Jazz Band and where they play elsewhere...