Saturday, August 27, 2016

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 2nd September Bill Dudley's back in town and plays cornet lead for use with Carolyn "Pines" Packer on the Clubs grand piano and Jimmy Fletcher on drums....

"Bill's Back" as the SJC associated flyer tells us.....
Bill Dudley leads the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield on this coming Friday 2nd September with members of his old "New Orleanians" band, Carolyn Packer on piano and Jim Fletcher on drums as the special guest musicians.
They join up with the Bridge City regulars...John Bates on trombone/vocals, Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass and myself, Dennis Quinlan on banjo...
A swinging night of traditional jazz with a slight New Orleans flavour....
Pack your dancing shoes and get along to the Club...!










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....  
Best of all the admission is FREE....
 



 

Friday, August 19, 2016

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 26th August sees us introduce to the regular Sydney scene, Simon Stribling on tpt lead & Lauri Lyster on drums with evergreen David Stevens on the Club's grand piano....

David Stevens is a regular piano player with us here at Club Ashfield and he's bringing with him tonight to lead the Bridge City Jazz Band, on trumpet, Simon Stribling formerly of Melbourne, then Vancouver, B.C.,Canada and Simon's lady, Canadian Lauri Lyster, also from Vancouver, B.C , on drums....they join the Bridge City Jazz Band regulars...Colin Beal on reeds, Colin Davies on double bass, myself Dennis Quinlan on banjo and John Bates on trombone/vocals....
It's shaping up to a great night of traditional jazz.....










 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....  
Best of all the admission is FREE....




Friday, August 12, 2016

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 19th August sees Geoff Bull the great New Orleans style trumpet player, Gary Walford on piano & Graham Hilgendorf drums as the special guests...

Geoff Bull the great New Orleans style trumpet player is back from a European tour and leading the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield this coming Friday 19th August 2016 with Gary Walford on the Club's grand piano and Graham Hilgendorf on drums.....
Did you see the article on Gary and his Unity Hall Jazz Band in the Friday 12th August copy of the Sydney Morning Herald?
The regular Bridge City Jazz Band guys....Colin Davies, double bass; Colin Beal, reeds; John Bates, trombone/vocals and myself Dennis Quinlan make up the seven piece band for the 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....  
Best of all the admission is FREE....




Friday, August 5, 2016

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 12th August sees George Washingmachine the great jazz violinist back with us, Gary Walford on piano and Lawrie Thompson on drums....

We've George Washingmachine that popular jazz violinist back with us at Club Ashfield leading the Bridge City Jazz Band with Gary Walford on piano and Lawrie Thompson on drums plus the Bridge City JB regulars...Colin Davies on double bass, Colin Beal on reeds, Dennis Quinlan on banjo and John Bates on trombone....
Be a swinger of a night....polish your dancing shoes...new batteries in the hearing aids...just come along....





 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....  
Best of all the admission is FREE....



Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...

 










Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...
Future special guests with the Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield and other BCJB future gigs...