The 'intimate nights' series takes place in the Sisters Blue Restaurant and showcases talented musicians. This week, 3 current jazz heavyweights are joining us for for will be a memorable performance. These gentlemen have been playing together for years and know each other's musical style inside and out allowing impressive improvisations.

Gary Daley

Gary Daley is best known as a musician playing in some of the elite bands of Australian jazz; currently James Greening’s band Greening from Ear to Ear and the jazz-world music band The catholics. He leads the quartet Bungarribee which features his own compositions and interpretations from the classical repertoire. Gary plays acoustic and electric piano, organ and also the piano accordion. In home town Springwood, just west of Sydney, he is the artistic director of the music concert series 'Live at the Village' which has presented leading musicians in a variety of improvised music since late 2009. The list of Gary's recordings and accolades is long and prestigious, instead of listing them all - book a ticket and find out for yourself!

James Greening

Australia’s leading jazz trombonist, James Greening has been widely praised for his work with seminal ensembles such as Ten Part Invention, Wanderlust, the catholics, the Umbrellas and the Australian Art Orchestra. One of James Greening‘s major musical influences was friend and mentor, the late Jackie Orszaczky. James Greening performed in a number of Jackie’s groundbreaking bands such as Jump Back Jack, Industrial Accident, The Godmothers, The Orszaczky Budget Orchestra and Hungarian Rapsadists. The CD Wayback, includes a performance of a traditional Hungarian folk song, Sir az ut elottem with Jackie Orszaczky on piccolo bass and singing. Also a longstanding member of the Australian Art Orchestra, projects James Greening has played in Sandy Evan’s Testimony – a tribute to Charlie Parker performed at both Sydney and Melbourne Festivals and Ruby’s Story and Kura Tungar: River Songs and Stories – a collaboration with Indigenous performers, the late Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach. Also with the Australian Art Orchestra, James Greening performed in India and featured on the ARIA nominated recording with the Sruthi Laya Ensemble titled Into the Fire andJosh Roseman’s project at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival in 2011. In addition to the groups mentioned above, he recorded and performed live with the late Bernie McGann, Tim Hopkins, Mike Nock, Chris Cody, Steve Hunter, Monica Trapaga, James Morrison and Vince Jones.

Andrew Robson

Composer and Band Leader Andrew Robson is amongst the most esteemed jazz musicians working in Australian jazz today. Andrew’s sound is unique in character and his subtle lyricism processes an intense and affecting power. For Andrew's debut performance at Hotel Blue, expect a night of musical diversity and excellence from this exceptional line-up.

Featuring his long time collaborators, Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Hamish Stuart (drums), the Andrew Robson Trio has released two critically acclaimed albums for Rufus Records, Scrum (1997), Sunman (2000) and a third critically acclaimed album, Radiola (2007) on his own label, Lamplight Records. His most recent album features nine original compositions including tributes to fellow saxophonists Benny Wallace (‘Big Ben’) and Steve Lacy (‘Lace Work’). It is fitting that he would pay homage to these players. Like them, Robson is a saxophonist who is equally at home in traditional and avant-garde settings. Besides his trio, Andrew Robson performs with a myriad of groups including James Greening Quartet, The World According to James, and ARIA award-winning world music group, the Mara Ensemble and Ten Part Invention. He composes extensively for all projects in which he is involved.

An Intimate Night @ Hotel Blue

This will be an Intimate Night in the Sisters Blue Restaurant. It’s a small room by typical music venue standards – don’t expect big crowds! Think good food, good wine (and beer and cocktails of course) and great music! This is a casual night and a great opportunity to get up close with world-class musicians. Enjoy a two-course Dinner with the show for $59 (refer to hotelblue.com.au for the menu) or see the Show only for $25. Even if you book the show only (without the dinner), you will be seated at a table and a casual bar menu will be available on the night, so you can still order a meal or something to nibble on. And don’t forget – if you’re bringing some friends, just let us know so we can seat you together.

Show Schedule:

Doors Open: 7:00pm

Mains Served: 7:05pm

First Set: 7:30 - 8:15pm

Intermissions: 8:15 - 8:45pm

Dessert Served: 8:20pm

Second Set: 8:45-9:30pm

Pre-Show Entertainment:

Come along from 5:00 pm to enjoy pre-show entertainment with The Axiom Jazz Trio – The Axiom Jazz Trio is a Blue Mountains based group comprising of Neil Sagewood on piano, Jon West on bass, and Warren Baker on drums. The group members have a deep love of rich harmonies and sophisticated songwriting and play smooth supple modern jazz and latin renderings of originals and classic standards from the American songbook. These include compositions from Elllington, Gershwin, Jobim, Bacharach and Henry Mancini. Each of the members have extensive experience playing locally and internationally in New Zealand and the UK and have played in many different musical line ups and genres of music and have recorded international and with other local artists and groups. 5:00-7:00pm, bar & kitchen open, free event. Hotel Blue, the Mountains’ own ‘House of Jazz’.

Special dietary requirements

The menu for the two-course dinner is a set menu. If you have any special dietary requirements, we will gladly make any necessary adjustments to your meal. Just remember to let us know the details of your special requirements when you make your booking as last minute changes may not be possible.

Terms & Conditions

1. Ticket purchases are non refundable in the event of cancellation, failure to attend or for any other reason.
2. Tickets may be transferred to another person. If you wish to transfer your ticket to another person, please contact admin@hotelblue.com.au to advise the name of the person who will be using your ticket.