"I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow... Got that string around my finger... What a world, what a life, I'm in love..." "Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I've got that string, I'd be a silly so-and-so, if I should ever let it go..."
THURSDAY: Get your fix of blues, blues, blues... Swing Patrol Juke Joint, Bedlam Bar, 8:30pm. Class at 7:30pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: If you want to keep warm... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm; Swing vs Rockabilly, The Factory, Marrickville 7:30pm.
SUNDAY: Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel 4pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": I've Got the World on a String (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Tony Bennett & Diana Krall. Composer: Harold Arlen.
Originally introduced by Cab Calloway and Bing Crosby, also recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1953.
Reached No. 14 on Billboard's most played list.
MORE GIGS and details below.
Thursday 4th
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(Monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm.)
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 5th
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 6th
Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6
Swing vs Rockabilly @ The Factory
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, doors open from 7:30pm
(Book tickets online.)
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 7th
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Dan Barnett Big Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-8pm, 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 9th
Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available.)
Wednesday 10th
Greg Poppleton & the Bakelight Broadcasters @ Sydney Flying Squadron
76 McDougall St, Milsons Point, from 12:30pm, $10
(Sydney Jazz Club Monthly Concert.)
Thursday 11th
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)
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