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ABOUT OUR CLUB..

� Air conditioned� Catering on site by Story

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� Fully licensed bar/cocktails � Concession & Student prices� Large deck with City views

ON-LINE BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED

OPENING HOURS

Thur, Fri and Sat evenings: 6.30pm - 11pmJazz Singers Jam Night (1st Thursday of month) 6pm - 11pm

Sunday evenings: 5pm - 10pm Sun Brunch: 9.30am - 1pm (last Sun of every month)

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• Jazz Singers Jam Night• Caxton Street Jazz Band• Shannon Marshall• Chaika (Sydney)• Brisbane Jazz Club Youth

Jazz Festival • Dezzie D and the Stingrayz• The View from Madeleines

Couch• Brisbane Big Band

May is swinging with....• Brisbane Big Band Festival • Karen Anderson• The Andrew Sisters

Tribute Show• Mark Pradella• Sweet Thunder Big Band• Rick Price (Sydney)• Lisa LaCellePlus many more Live and Swinging Jazz Shows...

Friday 26 April Members $20 Non – Members $30 Sunday 28 April - Evening Mem $20 Non – Mem $30

Swing Central featuring Brad Leaver(Big Band Jazz / Vocal Jazz) Band 6pm – 9pmThe ever-impressive Leaver will front the eight-piece Big Band with a brass section to redefine your expectations of live swing music. With a completely original book of charts arranged exclusively for Swing Central by Leon Wensley and Ian Macrae, no other show in town can match this level of dynamic musicianship. 

Tue 30 April Mem $10 Non-Mem $15 Concessions $10

International Jazz Day Special - UNESCO-CONCERT @ BJC

with live broadcast on MBS Light (Live Jazz) Music 7pm – 10.15pmBJC’s first live radio broadcast, crossing to the studios of MBS Light, brings you an exciting and varied night of live jazz, with an all-star Qld lineup direct from the BJC stage to celebrate UNESOC International Jazz Day. Featuring an all-star Qld lineup including Brisbane Big Band w/ special vocal guests; Held to Ransom; Sophie Min Trio; Jazz Singers’ Jam Night Special; Andrew Butt Quintet; Caxton Street Jazz Band; Estampa....

Information published in this guide may be subject to change or cancellation without notice.

APRIL 2019 | GIG GUIDEFull details available on our website - www.brisbanejazzclub.com.au

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SPECIAL NOTICE to all members, guests and suppliers

TEMPORARY RE-LOCATIONDue to renovations of the BJC Clubhouse,

all shows for May and June will be performed at the Russian Club (QRCC),

19 Lotus Street, Woolloongabba as from Monday 6 May until Monday 1 July.

Please check at the Club or on our website for further details.

The Apnoea Brothers(Standards / Vocal Jazz / Original Jazz) Band 7.30pm – 10pmThe Apnoea Brothers (are) John Hoffman, Flugelhorn and Nick Quigley, Bassfeaturing Jamie Clark / Guitar, Dave Spicer / Piano and the beautiful voice of multi-award winner Kristin Berardi. You will hear melodic jazz standards from Latin to Broadway plus a few originals. To quote Sydney critic Bernadette Magee, “This band puts the ZZ’s in Jazz.“

Saturday 27 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Melissa Western Band(Standards / Groove / Acid Jazz / Vocal Jazz)

Band 7.30pm – 10pmMelissa’s velvet voice and sparkling charisma gets you hot and bothered in the best kind of way, with swing, soul classics, blues and ballads. Enjoy standards and contemporary directions with tunes by Esperanza Spalding and Vulfpeck as well as Incognito, Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai. A classy night from songbird Melissa Western - vocals, Tnee Dyer - keys/vox, Luke McIntosh - bass, Lachlan Hawkins - kit + special guests.

Sunday 28 April - Brunch Brunch & Show $35 / $25

Sarah Collyer(Vocal Jazz / Blues / Standards) Band 10am – 12.30pmRoll out of bed and down to the Brisbane Jazz club for a relaxing start to your Sunday. Sarah Collyer and her band - Jamie Clark on guitar, Andrew Shaw on double bass and Steve Francis on drums - will ease you into Sunday morning with their smooth and soulful selection of sweet originals, sublime standards and sumptuous covers.

Pre-Book On Line (plus $1 Internet ticket fee for non-members).Show only $20 / Brunch (Optional) $18.90. Drinks not included.

APRIL 2019 GIGSThursday 4 April M $15. NM $20. Students $10

Jazz Singers Jam Night(Vocal Jazz) Music 7pm – 10pmIngrid James introduces all the fun and spirit of this popular night with many special guests including some of Brisbane’s finest Vocalists. Sharing the stage with these amazing singers will be one of Brisbane’s hardest swinging Trios. All enquiries to Ingrid James…. ingridjames@optusnet.com.au. 

Friday 5 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Caxton Street Jazz Band(New Orleans Groove / Traditional Jazz / Vocal Jazz)

Band 7.30pm – 10pmCaxton Street Jazz Band has been entertaining audiences for over 40 years with their hot jazz style, crisp arrangements and tight ensemble playing. Their broad repertoire of jazz classics from the 1920s to the 1950s includes mainstream, swing, trad/New Orleans revival and blues. The favourite and familiar names of Bernice Haydock, Tom Nicolson, John Braben, Paul Williams, Andrew Shaw and Dave McCallum complete the quality line-up.

Saturday 6 April Members $25 Non – Members $35

Andrew Baxter presents A Brief History of the Blues

(Standards / Vocal Jazz and Blues) Band 7.30pm – 10pmThe blues is the most powerful style of music ever created. The Andrew Baxter Band, together with a selection of very special guests, will take you through the rich history of this musical tapestry. Performances of classic songs by some of the greatest performers, as well as fascinating trivia, revealing connections between material performed and some myth busting as well!

Sunday 7 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Mango Jam Big Band(Big Band Jazz/ Vocal Jazz) Band 6pm – 9pmMango Jam Big Band are a Brisbane-based community ensemble who can normally be found backing vocalist Roy Morris to a set of swinging dance tunes. Tonight, they will be performing a selection of instrumental charts that showcase the band’s many enthusiastic and talented players.

Thursday 11 April Members $15 Non – Members $25

Louise Denson Group presents Two Musical Minds

(Original Jazz / Standards) Band 7.30pm – 10pm Two of Brisbane’s most original musical minds, Andrew Garton and Louise Denson team up to present an evening of the unexpected! But you can expect clever and beautiful melodies, great solos, great grooves, high energy and excellent musicianship from these two improviser/composers. They’ll be joined by Helen Russell on bass and Reuben Bradley on the kit. Don’t miss it!

Friday 12 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

The Kel Timmons / Clint Allen Quintet

(Standards / Vocal Jazz) Band 7.30pm – 10pm

Kel Timmons is an exceptional jazz singer with a voice reminiscent of the Jazz and Soul greats of the 50s and 60s.    Backed by Brett Fowler on piano, Andrew Shaw on bass and Dave Cotgreave on drums, this hot band, featuring Clint Allen on trumpet, breathes new life into 50s and 60s jazz standards, mixing old and new forms and exploring the boundaries of modern jazz.

Saturday 13 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Jan Lennard presents “Notes of Black & Blue”

(Vocal Jazz / Standards / Blues / Latin) Band 7.30pm – 10pm

Jan Lennard returns to the BJC with her 7-piece band featuring Peter Uppman on trumpet / vocals. It will be a special evening with new songs and arrangements paying tribute to the music of Mel Torme, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald .

Sunday 14 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Brisbane Big Band – ‘love the sound’

(Big Band Jazz / Vocal Jazz) Band 6pm – 9pm Another special BBB event as we proudly release our new CD ‘Groove Tonic’ - with the title track written and arranged by MD Brad Esbensen. The CD also features pianist Jeff Usher and songs from Lauren Cocking, Craig Martin and Alan Western. We’re sure you’re really gonna ‘love the sound’ tonight so please be there, be there, be there!

Thursday 18 April Members $15 Non – Members $25

Steve Russell Quartet(Standards / Originals / Vocal Jazz)

Band 7.30pm – 10pmSteve Russell joins forces with Brisbane’s finest young jazz stars to present a program of his exciting and beautiful compositions, along with a few reconfigured jazz standards. Steve’s tunes have been described as “state of the art” by Australian doyen Tony Gould; he fuses jazz with rock, Cuban and world music elements to produce genre-busting compositions that challenge and delight audiences.

Friday 19 April

Good Friday - BJC is closed Happy Easter everyone!

Saturday 20 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Craig Martin(Vocal Jazz / Standards / Big Band stylings)

Band 7.30pm – 10pmA Brisbane Jazz Club favourite, Craig Martin, will return to the stage for another Swinging show with his 6 piece band featuring some of Brisbane’s hottest musicians. Book early for this one !

Sunday 21 April Members $20 Non – Members $30

Cleon Barraclough & his 10-piece Band

(Standards / Vocal Jazz / New Orleans Groove / Latin) Band 6pm – 9pm

Pianist and singer Cleon Barraclough has meticulously arranged each and every song for his 10-piece band, including special guest singers Kelsey Giorola and Andonia Allayialis.  The night features a rich selection of styles from New Orleans funk, Afro-Cuban jazz through to swing and modern jazz.   Cleon is widely respected for his exuberant improvisational abilities along with his vast skill set as musical director, arranger, composer, pianist and singer.

Thursday 25 April

ANZAC DAY – Lest we Forget – The Brisbane Jazz Club is closed