Sunday 18 January 2015

The four string banjo in Sydney, NSW...Jazz banjo.....The Sydney banjo band rehearsing at Club Ashfield in Sydney...details of some previous rehearsals.....and future dates.

The Sydney Banjo Band has been having monthly rehearsal for several years now and continues it with dates, listed below for the rest of this year 2015.
Recently...Thursday 15th January 2015 we had our monthly rehearsal at Club Ashfield, and were pleased to have as a visitor Patrick Longhurst from the Toronto Banjo Band in Toronto, Canada.
Patrick's been twice now over the last few years fitting in a rehearsal with visits to his son and family in Sydney.
I loan him a Vegavox 1 plectrum banjo and music stand and as usual I make up with the help of Hugo Pfandler the chord sheets for the program for the nights rehearsal which we provide to all who attend...
An example of a page from a previous  rehearsal....
From the 15th January 2015 rehearsal.....
 Cliff Parsons uses an electric banjo he made up the other year....nice sound it has to....
R to L....Gary McFetridge, Patrick Longhurst from Canada and Barry Graham....
Views of the guys playing....
As usual a big thanks to the guys keeping the rhythm....Jim Morrell on snare drum, John Bates on tuba and vocals, Bradley Newman on piano...
Its not usual for us to have other instruments playing, but Gabriel Ristori from Switzerland...on soprano saxophone...comes into Sydney over the Christmas period each year for the Australian Jazz convention...the 69th last year was in Swan Hill, Victoria on the river Murray which is the border between NSW and Victoria...he usually comes to the Bridge City Jazz Band Friday night gigs before he flies out home but mistook the night so we had him play a chorus in several songs we did...
I've arranged all the rehearsal dates for the rest of this year 2015 with the exception of December which will be announced a little later in the year....
Third Thursday of the month....
At Club Ashfield, 5 Charlotte St., Ashfield, beside Ashfield Railway Station on the northern side...we usually assemble around 6pm or a little earlier, some for a meal, other to socialise with the playing starting 6.45pm through to 9pm...
We cater for all 4 string banjos with an occasional acoustic guitar ( no amplified guitars...) and ukelele or banjo ukelele...
Chords always available for all on the night....


Normally the third Thursday of the month....

April 16th

May 21st

June 18th

July 16th

August 20th

September 16th....WEDNESDAY...September 16th note altered date...Club Ashfield needs the room on the usual Thursday 17th


October 29th...October 29th note altered date...DQ is overseas on the usual Thursday 15th

November 19th
December 3rd  December 3rd  note altered date...the Club needs the usual Thursday 17th