CJC Newsletter Apr-May 2012 - Canberra Jazz Club

Canberra Jazz Club
Newsletter Apr − May 2012
Email: canberrajazzclub@bigpond.com ISSN 1832-4649
Website: www.canberrajazzclub.com
Patron: Paul Furniss
CJC Committee 2011 – 2012
President: Margaret Moriarty 6286 3936 Members: Myrene Hickey 6251 0065
Vice-President: John Madden 6251 2621 Garry Owen 0409596888
Treasurer: Ron Cook 0427363665 Tony Thomas 6286 2815
Secretary: Linda Wiese 6291 9345 Barbara Newman 6231 5406
Memberships: Jenny Madden 6251 2621 Phone Tree : Barbara Newman 6231 5406
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Having just come home after a very nostalgic afternoon of Jazz at the SCC Jamison, I have to say what an
enjoyable afternoon it has been. So nice to catch up with old friends and to meet new ones. It reminded me
of all the gatherings over the years when, wherever there was Jazz playing, familiar faces would be there
and talking to them was part of the fun.
The house band for the day included Tony Thomas, Ron Cook, Ian Hill and Jim Styles. But it was decided
that we should have a sit-in set, and boy did we have a sit-in. Jim Lole, David Lole, John Sharpe, Terry
Wynn, Chris Hopman, Chris Gleeson, Dirk Zeylmans, and Robin Gaskell. Then to top it off we had a
couple of numbers from a good part of the Fortified Few. Of course part of the enjoyment for all is the
audience response and we were lucky to have so many people who really enjoy Jazz music. We hope that
all will come along when next we have a function there, and also support the other functions which we run.
We always welcome new members and new ideas.
Easter is almost upon us, and then Anzac Day, but on the 15 th of April we will be meeting at The Austrian
Club for an afternoon of Jazz with The Bridge City/ Black Mountain Jazz band. This is a very nice venue
which we have used before so come along and enjoy this well–rehearsed band.
The next event on our calendar is the Robertson Safari on May 6 th . As those who have joined us before will
know bookings are essential, payment with booking please, the cost will be mentioned elsewhere in this
newsletter.
I haven’t mentioned that on the 14 th and 15 th of April John Buchanan will be presenting his Classic Jazz,
Ragtime and Swing at Frencham College, Mittagong. This is always a splendid event, with most of the top
musicians performing. The other big event coming on the long weekend in June (Queens Birthday) is the
Jazz Festival at Merimbula.
Our Committee has been working very hard to present something each month and your attendance makes it
all worthwhile, Jazz is such a happy music and unless we keep presenting live Jazz it will disappear. We
keep hoping that the young musicians will join us and not let this music fade away.
Don’t forget that we also list the Jazz programs available on radio.
I would also like to tell you that one of our older members died last month, Neville White. He played
Clarinet and was kind enough to record two Clarinet Concertos for me. He will be missed by those who
knew him.
Cheers for now
Margaret
Margaret Moriarty
Phone: 02 6286 3936
Email: mmo59530@bigpond.net.au
The Canberra Jazz Club warmly welcomes new members:
John & Karan Walker; Brian & Joan Strutt; Dirk Zeylmans
Editor:
Editorial/Production Team
Linda Wiese
(pyewood@grapevine.com.au)
Distribution: Jenny and John Madden
NEXT MEETING OF THE CJC
Tue 10 April 2012, 6.00pm at Canberra
Southern Cross Club, Woden
All members are welcome to attend

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UPCOMING CJC FUNCTIONS
Sunday 15 April – a special afternoon of jazz at the Austrian Club, Mawson featuring our favourite
combo of Sydney’s Bridge City Band and the guys still playing from the disbanded (but never forgotten)
Black Mountain Jazz Band. It promises to be a great afternoon of New Orleans style jazz and we hope to
see a huge crowd there. Details on the back page.
Sunday 6 May – Great Jazz Safari to the Robertson Pub. This is a terrific day out with our fellow jazz
enthusiasts from the Sydney and Illawarra jazz clubs. Host club this year is Illawarra and they have organised
a 7-piece band for the occasion. This is a popular event and we expect to fill the bus so don’t
hesitate to get your booking in. Refer to page 9 for details.
Sunday 17 June – continuing our afternoons of great jazz at the Southern Cross Club, Jamison (Wests).
Join us for three hours of live jazz from 1.00 pm and lunch from 12.30 pm. Details on page 8.
Sunday 15 July – a mystery jazz in the country bus trip. We’ve planned lunch and some
mystery jazz just a short bus trip from Canberra. Why not join in the fun? Details on page 8.
Sunday 19 August – a special gig at Southern Cross Club, Jamison (Wests). We are pleased to announce
that our Club patron and reeds player extraordinaire, Paul Furniss will be joining the Canberra
Jazz Club Band for what promises to be an afternoon of great trad jazz. NOT TO BE MISSED!
One of the Jazz characters of Canberra, Gerry Gardiner died just
a month ago.
This fine Bass player has had a very interesting career. He had a
mother who played Piano, a grandfather who played Violin, and
his father collected Jazz records.
He started playing a Tea Chest Bass in his teens, and then finally started to play a real Acoustic
Bass. He taught himself to play using a Classical Bass Tutoring book. His Jazz career started when
he met Bob Bertles and joined a group which played in Sydney. In the 50s he then started to play
with Johnny O’Keefe and the DeeJays Band. Lee Gordon was the manager so they did television
work, backed other artists at Festival Records, and supported many of the overseas artists who
played at the Stadium in Sydney.
After Johnny had his car accident, Gerry moved on to his great love which was modern Jazz. He
played at El Rocco in Sydney with Col Nolan and John Sangster. Eventually he came to Canberra
in 1962. He played in a trio for the next three years at The Pendulum, a coffee shop and late night
venue in Garema Place. This was one of the first places in Canberra to feature modern Jazz.
He also played with Tom Hartley in a group called Tom and Gerry, a well known duo at Bogarts
and other venues. For those who don’t remember Bogarts, it was located in the Canberra Building
and became a very popular place to go after the theatre. Peter Robertson and Stirling Primmer also
played at Bogarts. In his last few years Gerry played with Dirk Zeylmans. He is remembered by all
those who knew him as a good muso and a nice man. My thanks to Gerry’s daughter Leaf for all
the information.
Margaret Moriarty
VALE GERRY GARDINER

Upcoming Festivals
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Apr 20 - 22, 2012
Tooleybuc's BIG Strictly Jazz'
Weekend
Tooleybuc Sporting Club, Lockhart Rd
PO Box 22, Tooleybuc, NSW 2736
Ph: Helen: 03 5030 5476
Fax: 03 5030 5397
June 1 - 10, 2012
Melbourne Jazz International
Festival
www.melbournejazz.com
June 8 - 11, 2012 32nd Merimbula Jazz Festival PO Box 415, Merimbula, NSW 2548
Further information:
Jazz phone 0419 445 011
Fax/phone 02 6495 0673
Email info@merimbulajazz.org.au
Web: http://www.merimbulajazz.org.au/
Accommodation enquiries:
Tourist Information Centre, Ph: 02 6495 1129
Aug 10 - 12, 2012 22nd Dubbo Jazz Festival Ph: (02) 6882 4649 Fax: (02) 6884 4862
Email: tigh.inv@bigpond.com
Web: http://www.dubbojazz.com.au/festivals.html
Aug 17 - 19, 2012
23rd Bellingen Jazz & Manouche
Festival NSW
Enq 02 6655 1053
email: just.mad@bigpond.com
Aug 24 - 26, 2012 Newcastle Jazz Festival (25th) Email: enquirieshjc@gmail.com
Web: www.newcastlejazz.com.au
Accommodation enquiries:
Newcastle Tourism, Ph: 1800 654 558
Sep 7 - 9, 2012
18th Wagga Wagga Jazz & Blues
Festival, NSW
PO Box 8247, Kooringal, NSW 2650
Web: www.waggajazz.org.au
Wagga Wagga Vistors Centre on 1300 100 122 to book your
accommodation
Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2012 Manly Jazz Festival Sydney NSW
Enq 02 9976 1500
http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/whatson/manly-jazz-festival/
Oct 19 - 21, 2012 Moruya Jazz Festival 10th PO Box 426, Moruya 2537, NSW
Ph: (02) 4474 0456
Email: info@moruyajazzfestival.com.au
Web: www.moruyajazzfestival.com.au
Would you prefer to pay for your CJC functions or membership on-line?
You can make a direct deposit from your bank account to ours. Just visit our website at
http://www.canberrajazzclub.com/ and click on the ‘Membership/Payments’ tab (top of page).
Take a note of the CJC bank account details, fill in the information form and click on the ‘SEND’ button –
the information form is important as it will allow us to identify your payment when it reaches
our account.
THEN, to complete the process, continue on to your financial institution to do your usual bank transfer
and you’re done. You can also pay for new memberships and renewals or update your details.

Canberra Jazz Club Newsletter Apr – May 2012
What’s been happening?
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GARDEN PARTY AT THE MADDENS
Twenty eight party goers & 10 musicians had a great afternoon
– many thanks to John & Jenny for again providing us with such
a lovely setting for our party.
Us party goers could hardly believe our luck that 10 musos
were there to jam and entertain us, and entertain they did,
with some great jazz. I reported after last year’s party that
the lads had taken jamming to a new level. Well, I’m sorry to
say for those that missed the party, our musos excelled themselves
on this occasion and gave us a fantastic afternoon of jazz.
Many thanks to our musicians – Ron Cook, Tony Thomas,
Don Lambert, Garry Owen, Terry Wynn, Jim Lole, David
Lole, Robin Gaskell, Jim Styles, and a visitor we haven’t
seen playing for awhile, Chris Hopman on bass. Not to
forget Norma Lole either who was firing on washboard.
We had a very generous
crowd there too. Our
very enthusiastic ticket
sellers, Bob Wiese &
John Madden were at it
again and they managed
to collect $150 –
well done guys.
And, we had some very game ‘water babies’ this year! Don’t forget
to check out our website to see who else took the plunge.
Many thanks from the Editor for the photo contributions from Myrene
Hickey & Jim Styles and to Pat Grau who lent me his camera after I had
camera dramas (again!). There’s a great selection of pics on the website.

Canberra Jazz Club Newsletter Apr – May 2012
…and our March gig at Jamison was a great success…
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What a turnout! Around 70 people listened to some terrific jazz and what great support again
from our musicians – all 12 of them including Ian Hill up from the coast!!
L to R above: Jim Styles; Chris Hopman; Robin
Gaskell; Chris Gleeson; Jim Lole; Terry Wynn; David
Lole (on keyboard behind Terry); Dirk Zeylmans;
John Sharpe.
As Margaret mentioned in her President’s
Report, the sit-in bracket was a huge success,
there was barely enough room for all
the musicians. Visitors, Dirk Zeylmans on
tenor sax and John Sharpe on trombone
were literally standing in the corridor!
A highlight of the afternoon was a couple of
numbers delivered superbly by some past
members of the old Fortified Few – John
Sharpe, Tony Thomas, Terry Wynn, Ian Hill
& Jim Styles.
With so many people there, the gig felt like
the good days of old and everyone seemed to
enjoy themselves. There were quite a few old
and new faces in the crowd and President
Margaret, always on the lookout for new
members, was quick to whip out a few
membership forms – good on you Margaret.
Memories of the old Fortified Few line-up
Our Jamison gigs are proving a great success
and a great way also to keep in touch with
friends and musicians alike. Hoping to see
another big crowd at our next gig on Sunday
17 June.
Our Club is going from strength to strength
so keep up the good work folks – without the
support of our members, we have no Club.
Editor’s note: once again apologies for the quality
of the photos – either the camera is being difficult
or it’s operator error (the latter I suspect). I
probably need lessons on indoor photography but
meanwhile, hubby has decided to buy me a new
camera. So, look out folks, I could be in your face
soon!
House band, right: Tony Thomas; Jim Styles; Ian
Hill; Ron Cook

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Canberra Southern Cross Club
Woden
Janet Seidel – That Old Black Magic
Thursday, May 17, 2012
RADIO JAZZ
Check out the
“INTERNET RADIO” link
on the CJC website.
Listen to real time jazz
as its being played on
the world’s radio
stations!
Our own stars of the Airwaves!
John Girdlestone and Cyril Monaghan present “Jazz
Odyssey” on Radio 1RPH (radio for the print handicapped
and anyone else!) on AM 1125, Tuesday at
11:30am and repeated at 7:00am on Saturday.
The Songs of Johnny Mercer
With her intimate style and great feel for lyrics,
Seidel and her trio do wonderful justice to the
songs of Mercer with an evocative and sultry performance
offset beautifully by her piano playing,
guitar and bass. A mesmerizing musical journey!
DINNER & SHOW : $38 – 6.00pm
SHOW ONLY: $26 – 8.30pm
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André Rieu Gala Spectacular Tribute
Show
Saturday, May 19, 2012
A musical extravaganza not to be missed!
Embark on a journey of passion as Australia’s most widely
-acclaimed violinist, Ian Cooper, performs the music of
André Rieu, backed with a stellar line up of Australia’s
biggest names in opera, the Woden Valley Youth Choir
and dance group PAWS.
DINNER & SHOW: $74 - 6.30pm
SHOW ONLY: $40 - 8.30pm
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BOOKINGS AT WODEN. Online or call 6283 7288
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NOTE: Dinner & Show tickets can not be booked online.
ABC Classic FM 102.3
Jazztrack with Mal Stanley, Sat and Sun 5–7pm
Jazz Up Late with Gerry Koster, Fri 10.30pm
North Shores FM 99.3
Tom Parker’s “New York Nice ‘n’ Easy”, Sun 9pm
John Buchanan’s Archives, Sat at 10pm and Sun at 8am
Frank Presley’s “Now’s the time” Mon 9–11pm
2MBS-FM 102.5
Weeknights from 7pm and 1pm Wed, Sat and Sun.
2XX 98.3 FM Community Radio
Sundays – trad jazz from 7pm; Now’s the Time, modern jazz
from 9pm; Jazz Made in Australia at 11pm; A Jazz Hour at
midnight & The Breeze & New York Jazz at 1am.
JAZZ on ArtSound FM 92.7 & 90.3 (www.artsound.fm)
Sounds Early (Monday to Sunday 7am) – a mix of quality music,
arts news, interviews & features.
SoundSpace (Monday to Friday 10am) – uninterrupted music
consisting of jazz, folk, blues & world.
Down in the Basement (Monday to Thursday 8pm) – jazz &
blues with splashes of soul & funk.
Jazz Made In Australia (Monday 10pm) – the best of traditional
& contemporary Australian Jazz.
Swingtime (Wednesday 4pm & Sun 4pm) – Your favourite big
band swing music from the 1930's to 1960's.
New York Jazz (Thursday 10pm) – presented by Tom Parker.
Friday Night Live (Friday 9pm) – live and pre-recorded jazz
concerts from the ArtSound FM Recording Studios.
The Music Works (Saturday 2.00pm) – explores the colours and
shades of contemporary jazz, word & traditional music.
A Jazz Hour (Saturday 6pm) – contemporary jazz presented by
Barry O’Sullivan.
New Orleans All the Way Live (Sat 4pm) – music and culture of
the Crescent City presented by George Ingmire.
Jazz On-line at www.caseyradio.org.au
Tommy Carter (well known brother of Kathy Allen) presents
Jazz as you Like It on Casey Radio 97.7FM.

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What’s coming up ?
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ AT JAMISON – 17 JUNE 2012
1.00pm – 4.00pm
The next appearance of the “Canberra Jazz Club Band” at the Southern Cross Club,
Jamison will feature Jim Lole on alto sax, David Lole on piano, Terry Wynn on clarinet, Jim Latta
on drums and Caleb Wearne on string bass.
For all our musician members who may be attending, please note that there will be a sit-in
bracket for the third set so don’t forget your instruments.
Remember, you can join us for lunch in the Bistro from 12.30
Your support of the Southern Cross Club and regular live jazz is much appreciated.
MYSTERY JAZZ IN JULY
For those who enjoy a sense of mystery, you and your friends are invited along on the Canberra
Jazz Club’s winter mystery bus trip on Sunday, 15 July 2012.
We’ll take a short bus ride into the country for a pub lunch by an open fire and three hours of great jazz
brought to you by our mystery quartet.
Cost: $15 per person towards the cost of the bus and the band. Meals will be available for purchase.
Pick up points: bus will depart from Southwell Park (near Yowani Golf Club) at 11.30am and from
Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden at 11.45am (reverse order this trip).
BOOKINGS: Bookings with payment can be sent, or delivered, to:
Jenny Madden
2 Bandjalong Crescent, Aranda 2614.
Phone: 6251 2621
or
Myrene Hickey
4 Kumm Place, Cook 2614
Phone: 6251 0065
You can also book and pay via our internet Direct Deposit option. Visit our website and click on the
‘Membership/Payments’ tab (on the top line). Select Other Payments and fill in the information form – click
‘SEND’. Continue on to your financial institution’s website to do your usual EFT transfer.
Closing date for bookings and money: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
(unfortunately no refunds after Wednesday, 11 July 2012)

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It’s on again…..
The Great Jazz
Safari
to the Robertson
Country Inn
(the Robbo Pub)
ROBBO PUB
Featuring …..
Captain Bob’s
Stationhouse 7—
line-up: Bob Netting cornet & vocals;
Craig Moodie reeds; Peter Poole
trombone; Gordon Brown piano; Anita
Nay banjo; Colin Davies bass; Peter
Balmain drums & vocals
Coach departs 8:30am from
Canberra Southern Cross Club,
Woden and 8:45am from Southwell
Park (alongside Yowani Golf Club).
Leaving Robertson at 4:00pm sharp.
Bus: $20
Sunday 6 May 2012
This annual get-together
together
with the Sydney &
Wollongong jazz clubs is
a highlight event on the
jazz calendar!
(you can meet us there if you like from 11.30am
but we need to know that you are coming for
catering & seating purposes)
Meals will be available for purchase
Call Linda on 6291 9345 (or email her if you
prefer) to arrange for a booking and
payment or you can book & pay via Direct
Deposit to the CJC bank account (details
back at page 4 of this newsletter).
Jazz in Concert at The Gods 2012
The Gods Café and Bar. Situated in the Arts Centre, Union Court, Australian National University. An
exciting program of Jazz performers will feature all year on the first Tuesday of the month. For show
dates and information about the musicians, visit: http://www.thegodscafe.com
Admission $20/$14(conc). Bookings essential on 6248 5538. Light meals available from 6pm.

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SUNDAY 15 APRIL 2012, 1.30PM – 4.30PM
Bridge City & Black Mountain Jazz Band
Special concert at the Austrian Club, Heard St, Mawson
The Canberra Jazz Club is very pleased to bring you the very popular
combination of Sydney’s Bridge City Jazz Band and past members of
Canberra’s famous Black Mountain Jazz Band
Photo: Bridge City & Black Mountain Jazz Band playing at the 2011 Dubbo Jazz Festival.
L to R: Colin Beal reeds; Ian Hill drums; Colin Davies double bass; Tony Thomas trumpet; Dennis
Quinlan banjo; John Bates trombone & vocals; Ron Cook piano.
Playing your 1920’s favourites with a New Orleans flavour, this
vibrant and entertaining seven-piece band will deliver foot
tapping traditional jazz at its very best!
Dance the afternoon away or sit back and unwind with some great music, either
way, this concert should not be missed.
Tickets: $20 at the door.
Your support of live jazz is very much appreciated.
For the information of members and guests of the Austrian Club.