This Week: 27 March 2013

Everybody asks me how I know, I smile at them and say "she told me so"...
That's why I know, oh I know... Halleleujah, I just love her so...

THURSDAY:  Chasing the Moon, Camelot Lounge 7pm, show 8pm.
FRIDAY:   Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm.
SATURDAY:   Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY:   Happy Easter!  Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts "album launch bus party" and the Swinging Blades, venue 1: 3pm & venue 2: 6pm (details below);  Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm.
THURSDAY:   It's "blues" time!  Swing Patrol Juke Joint, Bedlam Bar 8:30pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Halleleujah, I Love Her So  (<-- CLICK to listen!!!)
Performed by:   Ray Charles.   Composer:  Ray Charles.

MORE GIGS and details below. 


Thursday 28th

Chasing the Moon @ Camelot Lounge

19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, 7pm, show 8pm, $15+bf/$20 at door

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Friday 29th

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
213 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE
(Mostly Rock 'n' Roll.)


Saturday 30th

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Sunday 31st

Album launch bus party! 
Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo (venue 2 @ 6pm),
AND ... The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club (venue 1 @ 3pm)
Limited bus seats $10

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE


Wednesday 3rd April

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

 

Thursday 4th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm.)

This Week: 20 March 2013

Blue skies smiling at me...   Nothing but blue skies do I see...
Bluebirds singin' a song...  Nothing but bluebirds all day long...

FRIDAY:  Swing to that rhythm over at "Swing Pit", Newtown, 9pm.
SATURDAY:  They're back!  Tuba Skinny, The Standard, Darlinghurst, 8pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs w/Carol Ralph, Fortune of War Hotel, 2pm;  Matt Black & the Phat Cats, Botany View Hotel, 6pm (SBS Blues Jam).  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm;  Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm.
THURSDAY:  Chasing the Moon, Camelot Lounge, 7pm, show 8pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  BLUE SKIES  (<-- CLICK to listen!!!)
Performed by:  Doris Day.   Composer:  Irving Berlin.  
 
                                 MORE  GIGS and details below.

Thursday 21st

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


Friday 22nd

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm-11pm, $6 social
(Level 2 at 7pm; Level 1 at 8pm. 1 class $15; 2 classes $22 (social free).)

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Saturday 23rd
 
Tuba Skinny @ The Standard Hotel
Level 3, 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, from 8pm, $27.50 +bf

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Mike Hallam's Hot Five @ Penrith RSL

8 Tindale St, Penrith, from 2pm, FREE

Sunday 24th

Matt Black & the Phat Cats @ Botany View Hotel

597 King St, Newtown, 6pm-10pm, FREE
(House band for the SBS Blues Jam.) 

Robbers Dogs w/Carol Ralph @ Fortune of War Hotel

George St, The Rocks, from 2pm, FREE

 

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
("Toe tapping, old time jazz."   Practise your balboa, there's a dance floor!)


Wednesday 27th

The Pretty Big Band @ The Mac
40 Wentworth Ave, Surry Hills, from 8:30pm, FREE
 

Thursday 28th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
 

Chasing the Moon @ Camelot Lounge

19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, 7pm, show 8pm, $15+bf/$20 at door

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

This Week: 13 March 2013

It's too darn hot....  It's too darn hot!!!

THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown, 7:30pm.
FRIDAY:  Greg Poppleton & the Bakelite Broadcasters, Square Waffle, Leumeah, 7pm;
Jive Bombers, Club Bondi Junction, Bondi Junction, 7pm;  Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co, City North, from 7pm.
SATURDAY:  Head over to "Swing @ The Roxbury", Glebe, 8:30pm;  Vinnie & The Moonlighters, Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, Waverley, 8pm.
SUNDAY:  Geoff Bull at the East Sydney Hotel, 5pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm; Swinging Blades at Marrickville Golf Club, 3:30pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  Too Darn Hot  (<-- CLICK to listen!!!  Sizzling arrangement!)
Performed by:  Ella Fitzgerald. Composer:  Cole Porter.


MORE GIGS and details below.
 

Thursday 14th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)


Friday 15th

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Friday 1920s Jazz Dance @ Square Waffle
183 Airds Road, Leumeah, from 7pm, FREE
Featuring: Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters
 
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, City North, from 7pm-10pm

Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
1 Gray St, Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE


Saturday 16th

Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6

Vinnie & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
213 Bronte Road, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Sunday 17th

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
("Toe tapping, old time jazz."   Practise your balboa, there's a dance floor.)


Wednesday 20th

The Pretty Big Band @ The Mac
40 Wentworth Ave, Surry Hills, from 8:30pm, FREE

Wednesday Night Jazz @ Bondi Junction RSL
1-9 Gray Street, Bondi Junction, from 7:10pm, FREE
(A dance partner with impeccable "time" is advised. There is a small dance floor.)


Thursday 21st

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

This Week: 6 March 2013

Ain't got the change of a nickel, ain't got no bounce in your shoes?
.... Ain't got nothing but the blues?

This WEDNESDAY, check out The Pretty Big Band at The Mac, Surry Hills, 8:30pm.
THURSDAY, time to head over to Juke Joint to show off all your new "blues moves", 8:30pm.  There's a class beforehand at 7:30pm.  Hetty Kate (Melb) will be at the Dome Bar, 7:30pm.  FRIDAY, direct your feet to the swingin' side of the street in Newtown, it's Swing Pit time!  SATURDAY, Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central, 4pm. 
SUNDAY, Geoff Bull at the East Sydney Hotel, 5pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm; Swinging Blades at Marrickville Golf Club, 3:30pm. 

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues  (<-- CLICK to listen!!!  Seriously!)
Performed by:  Ella Fitzgerald.  Composer:  Duke Ellington. 

MORE GIGS and details below.
 

Wednesday 6th

The Pretty Big Band @ The Mac
40 Wentworth Ave, Surry Hills, from 8:30pm, FREE


Thursday 7th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
("Blues" social dancing.  There's a class beforehand at 7.30pm, $15, includes social.)

Hetty Kate @ The Dome Bar, Crown Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cleveland Sts, Surry Hills, from 7:30pm-10:30pm, $10

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


Friday 8th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $8 social
(There's a Level 2 class at 7pm, and Level 1 at 8pm. $15 for 1 class. $22 for 2 classes (social free).)

Full Swing Quartet w/Dan Barnett @ Lane Cove Country Club
180 River Road, Lane Cove, from 7:00pm, FREE
(There's a good size dance floor.  A dance partner is advised.)

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Saturday 9th

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Sunday

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
("Toe tapping, old time jazz."  Practise your balboa.  There's a dance floor!)


Tuesday 12th

James Valentine Quartet w/Dan Barnett @ Golden Sheaf Hotel
429 New South Head Road, Double Bay, from 7:00pm, FREE
(Good meals available.)


Wednesday 13th

The Pretty Big Band @ The Mac
40 Wentworth Ave, Surry Hills, from 8:30pm, FREE

Wednesday Night Jazz @ Bondi Junction RSL
1-9 Gray Street, Bondi Junction, from 7:10pm, FREE
(A dance partner with impeccable "time" is advised. There is a small dance floor.)


Thursday 14th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)