Monday, 24 June 2013

This Week: 26 June 2013

"I saw you last night and got that old feeling... When you came in sight, I got that old feeling...

THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY:  Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm.  Classes beforehand at 7pm L2, and 8pm L1.
SATURDAY:   Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY:   Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   That Old Feeling   (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Anita O'Day.   Composer:  Sammy Fain.


MORE GIGS to come, and details below...



Thursday 27th

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


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE
(Classic rhythm and blues.)



Friday 28th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L2, 8pm L1, $15x1 class, $22 both (social free).)

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



Saturday 29th

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



Sunday 30th

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 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

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)


Thursday 4th

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)





Monday, 17 June 2013

This Week: 19 June 2013

"It had to be you, it had to be you... I wandered around, and finally found somebody who...
could make be true, make me be blue... or even be glad just to be sad thinking of you...
"

THURSDAY:  It's balboa time!  Head over to the Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9:00pm. All-levels balboa class at 8:00pm.

FRIDAY:  Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know" It Had To Be You   (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Harry Connick Jr.   Composer: Isham Jones.
(When he was just 20!)

MORE GIGS and details below

 

Thursday 20th


Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9:00pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 8:00pm.)


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 21st

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


Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)

Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE


Saturday 22nd

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



Sunday 23rd

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 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

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)


Thursday 27th

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


Balboa social dancing @ The Roxbury Hotel
St Johns Road, Glebe, from 9:00pm-9:30pm
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L1, and 8pm L2. $15 1st class.)

Monday, 10 June 2013

This Week: 12 June 2013

"What a day this has been, what a rare mood I'm in... Why, it's almost like being in love... "
 
THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.

FRIDAY:   If you want to have fun... Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm L2, 8pm L1. 
SATURDAY:   If you want 'more' fun...  Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY:  Vini & The Moonlighters busk at Rozelle Markets 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.

NEXT Thursday:  Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9pm. Monthly balboa social dancing. Class at 8pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":    It's Almost Like Being In Love  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Nat King Cole
Composers:  Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein.
There were 3 hit versions of this song in just one year, 1947.
 


MORE GIGS and details below.



Thursday 13th

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



Friday 14th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(There's a class beforehand at 8pm, $15 (social free).

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



Saturday 15th

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


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



Sunday 16th

Vini & The Moonlighters busk @ Rozelle Markets
from 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat.


Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 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

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available.   Live band playing jazz standards.)


Tuesday 18th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
7 Macquarie Place, Sydney, free swing class at 7pm, entry $5
(Near Reiby Place.  Classes are fortnightly from 18th June.)


Thursday 20th

Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9pm, $6
(Food/drinks available. Note: different start-times in June only.)
Monthly "balboa" social dancing, class at 8:00pm, $15 (includes social).


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)



Monday, 3 June 2013

This Week: 5 June 2013

"Blue and sentimental, my dreams are blue dreams, just won't come true dreams I find..." 

THURSDAY:  Blues dancing alert! Head over to Swing Patrol Juke Joint, Bedlam Bar 8:30pm. Blues class at 7:30pm

FRIDAY:   Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":    (CLICK to listen.)
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by:  Oscar Peterson
.    
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by: Mel Torme.
MORE GIGS and details below.


Thursday 6th

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


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 7th

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


Flaming Stars @ Ashfield RSL
374 Liverpool Rd Ashfield, from 8pm, FREE 
(Rock 'n' Roll.)

Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm, FREE
(A mix of cool swing and classic soul.)


Saturday 8th

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



Sunday 9th

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 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


The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)


Thursday 13th

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