Friday, November 29, 2013

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...this coming Friday 6th December 2013 sees multi instrumentalist Geoff Power lead the band with Frank Watts on piano and Joel Davis on drums...

Well last Friday was a cracker for jazz aficionados in Sydney with Bob Barnard's big night, but I promise you this coming Friday will be another....!
We like having Geoff Power lead the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and he likes coming to play jazz with us....
Couple this with our other two guests for the night, Frank Watts on piano and Joel Davis on drums with regular Bridge City Jazz Band members Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds, John Bates on trombone and vocals and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo and the night will be a "rager"..."swing like a dunny door" as I'm often wont to say....!!
Wow......


 



Future special guest joining the Bridge City Jazz Band.....
Other Bridge City Jazz Band gigs in 2014....
Where is Club Ashfield....??
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway Station on the northern or Parramatta Road side...the gig is on the first floor of the Club in the bistro/function area, starting at 7.30pm through to 10.30pm....





Sunday, November 24, 2013

The "Big One"...Bob Barnard's 80th Birthday Bash this coming Friday 29th November 2013....on at Club Ashfield the home of traditional jazz in Sydney with the Bridge City Jazz Band...

What a night coming up this coming Friday 29th November 2013 at Club Ashfield....
The Bridge City Jazz Band is holding a Big Birthday Bash for Bob Barnard who celebrates his 80th birthday and is still the world renowned trumpet player we all know....
Fantastic....
Bob will lead the band with two other special guests... Peter Locke on the Club's grand piano and drum maestro Lawrie Thompson on the drum stool.
 Bob  with the late Graham Coyle, Melbourne jazz pianist who passed away on 17th November 2013
 Bob at the Graeme Bell Tribute Concert in late 2012
Bob with the late Graeme Bell at a 50 years in jazz celebration for the two of them at Club Ashfield.
 Peter Locke.....plays piano for us on the night
Lawrie Thompson on drums....
John Bates on trombone and vocals....
Colin Beal on reeds...
Colin Davies on double bass...
Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Bridge City Jazz Band Quartet...
Future special guests at Club Ashfield.....
 
Future other gigs for the Bridge City Jazz Band...
And below...where is Club Ashfield....
5 Charlotte Street, Ashfield, bside the Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side...the gig is in the bistro/function area on the first floor from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.....




Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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...this coming Friday 22nd November 2013 sees Bill Dudley on cornet leading the band with Gary Walford on piano and Jim Morrell on drums...

This coming Friday the 22nd November we've Bill Dudley playing cornet lead as one of the three guest musicians joining the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield, the others being Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and evergreen Jim Morrell on drums...regular band members are of course John Bates on trombone and vocals, Colin Beal on alto sax and clarinet, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo.
Always a great night of swinging traditional jazz when Bill and Gary get together...come along....
Club Ashfield is at 5 Charlotte St., Ashfield right beside the Ashfield railway station on the northern or Parramatta road side...the gig is on the first floor in the Club's bistro/function area starting at 7.30pm through to 10.30pm....




Future special guests at Club Ashfield with the Bridge City Jazz Band...


Where is Club Ashfield....




Friday, November 8, 2013

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...this coming Friday 15th November 2013 we've a surprise with Geoff Poppleton's Bakelite Broadcasters joining the Bridge City Jazz band members....

Greg Poppleton is a 1920's styled jazz vocalist and leads several groups in Sydney...the Lounge Bar Lotharios and the Bakelite Broadcasters...
We've invited him and three members of his Bakelite Broadcasters band to join with the Bridge City Jazz Band for this coming Friday 15th November at Club Ashfield...
With Greg is Alan Davey on trumpet lead and occasional trombone, Frank Watts on the Club's grand piano and Lawrie Thompson on drums...as usual the Bridge City JB members are Colin Beal on clarinet and alto saxophone, John Bates on trombone, Colin Davies on double bass and myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo....
Making up for a great interesting evening of traditional jazz.....
Greg singing with his regular Bakelite Broadcasters Jazz Band....


Alan Davey leads on trumpet....

Frank Watts on piano....
Lawrie Thompson on drums....
The regular Bridge City Jazz Band in quartet format....
Future guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte St., Ashfield beside the Ashfield Railway Station...the gig is free and up on the first floor of the Club in the bistro/function area...7.30pm to 10.30pm.