Canberra Jazz Club

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The Janet Seidel Trio in Concert - Sun 30th June 6:30 pm at the Southern Cross Club, Woden.

The Janet Seidel Trio will be playing for both sets and the ukulele work-shoppers (under Chuck’s amazing tuition) will accompany them for a few songs. At other concerts they have done in this format the audience has been very appreciative at the use of ukuleles in a musical and non-novelty way.

It will be an early family concert with discounts for 2 adults and 2 children, concession and pre-booking discounts.

The annual Jazz Safari held 26th May was another great success – many thanks to Linda for her great organisation.

A great day was had with “In Full Swing” at the White Eagle Polish Club on Sat 5th May.

Check out some video of these events in the Video Gallery :)

Pics of the Jazz Safari are included at end of video, and also viewable in the Photo Gallery 

This is the third of five gigs locked in for 2013. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow CJC members and catch up with great live jazz.   We have a terrific line-up for this event … David Lole’s 7–piece ‘Swing’n’Jazz band. The band is a mix of David’s very popular festival band, the David Lole Syncopaths (Editor’s note: heard them at Wagga Wagga festival last year – excellent!); his Merimbula Jazz Festival band, Swing’n’Jazz; and our local musicians Tony Thomas and Jim Lole.

Playing on the day will be Victorian musicians – Reg Packer (banjo), Alan Richards (drums), Don Blainey (tuba) and Bill Beasley (trombone) and our locals – Tony Thomas (trumpet), Jim Lole (sax) and David Lole (piano).

The line-up looks terrific and this should be an afternoon of trad jazz not to be missed! We hope to see a huge crowd there to support David in his efforts to bring this exceptional group of musicians to Canberra. How spoilt are we! The event is free to members but we will be running a raffle to cover costs.

There is also the opportunity to join us for lunch in the bistro from 12.30. We are getting great crowds for lunch so a booking is advisable. Please phone Barbara Newman on 6231 5406.

Title: CJC Annual General Meeting 2013
Location: Southern Cross Club, Woden – Rainbow Room (downstairs and to the left)
Description: The Club’s 2013 AGM will be held from 6pm on Tuesday 6 August. Dinner at own expense will follow at 7.30pm in the Bistro. The CJC will provide complimentary beer, wine & soft drinks.
Start Time: 6:00pm
Date: 6 August 2013

Title: Mystery Jazz Trip in July
Location: It’s a mystery!
Description: This month we see the return of our ‘Mystery Jazz in July’ adventure. It will be a short bus trip somewhere for lunch and some great jazz. Details in the Jun-Jul Newsletter.
Date: 14 July 2013

Newsletter and Norfolk Island Brochure

Also, Events to Note:

APRIL 28 Laurie Bennett Allstars with Johnny Nicol
Guitar/Vocals – Johnny Nicol
Piano – John Harkins
Reeds – Ben Jones
Bass – Brendan Clarke
Drums – Laurie Bennett**

Dear CJC members

Just an update to the bus details for the annual ‘Great Jazz Safari’ to the Southern Highlands on Sunday 26 May.

You’ve read about it in the latest newsletter and as you know, this year’s venue is the Highlands Golf Club, Hume Hwy, Mittagong. This is a first for us all after many years at Robertson, and Berrima before that until we outgrew the venue, but by all accounts, we are in for another great day out. The really good news is that Mittagong is a little closer to Canberra than Robertson so we won’t need the usual 8.30am start on a cold Canberra morning.

Instead, our bus will depart from Southern Cross Club, Woden at 9.15am (sharp) and collect from Southwell Park at around 9.30am. We will be travelling directly to Mittagong and our aim is to arrive at around 11.45am for those who may want to meet us there. The venue sits around 200 and there’s usually around 140 of us so we should have no problems with seating but it would be useful to know if you are intending to be there – note the $5 door charge.

For our new members, expect 3 hours of great traditional jazz and the company of a fun–loving crowd of fellow jazz lovers determined to have a good time. The jazz is always the best and this year is no exception. The much–in–demand Geoff Power (cornet, trombone, tuba, vocals) will lead a very talented band. Ben Jones on tenor sax currently leads his own popular group, ‘The Ben Jones Quintet’, which comprises some of Sydney’s finest young trad musicians. Ben is Patron of the Dubbo Jazz Club & this year’s artistic advisor for the Dubbo Jazz Festival. Legendary jazz bassist, Darcy Wright has played & recorded with many of Australia’s jazz greats. Pianist Frank Watts – well, a quote from the Bridge City Jazz Band’s website reads: You always need a good pianist and Frank Watts is one of the best…he’s with us again..on ya Frank! Rounding out the quintet is the ever popular drummer, Lawrie Thompson.

The host Club, which this year is Sydney, will also run the usual fund–raising raffle to assist with costs.

The price for the bus will be $25 which includes the $5 door charge. I will be at ‘Jazz at Jamison’ this Sunday so you can catch me then for a booking – note, payment with your booking is preferred.

Dont forget you can book online here – click Payments. Make sure you include Great Jazz Safari and your name(s) in the Description.

I know I said this last email but your Committee hopes to see a big crowd at Southern Cross Club, Jamison this Sunday to support the special appearance of ‘Vintage Quine’, playing for the first time in Canberra.

Yours in jazz

Linda Wiese
CJC Secretary

Dear CJC members

The editorial/production team has been away and it’s a big thank–you to treasurer Ron for doing this latest newsletter. Myrene will have hard copies in the post Monday.

Just received March edition. Note, you can always see the latest edition via the links on the right of screen