Ash Gaudion & Friends - Surabaya Johnny's with Ezra Lee

Johnny's, 47 Blessington St, 3182 St Kilda Directions

Thu 03.09.2026 20:00

Ash Gaudion is a jazz and roots musician, featured in Melbourne's Shuffle Club renowned Swing band for 20 plus years.

Ash has been surrounded by local and international jazz and blues artists all his life. He honed his musical talents from a very young age, and is now well-established as one of Australia's predominant jazz and blues vocalists and saxophonists. Son of the well-known jazz trumpet player Peter Gaudion, he has played and sung with many of Australia's finest musicians.

Joined by Australian singer and boogie woogie and blues piano player Ezra Lee. Ezra has toured with Rose Tattoo, James Blundell, Nick Barker, Doug Parkinson, Dave Larkin and Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Linda Gail Lewis, recorded with Sun Studios drum legend J.M. Van Eaton and supported The Killer Jerry Lee Lewis in Las Vegas.

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#neworleans #blues #boogiewoogie #dixieland

Performers

Ezra Lee
At fourteen Ezra joined Wanita & The Honkytonk Bar Room Dwellers and later Johnny Green's Blues Cowboys and worked as a session pianist. Preston Records, released the albums Out of the Valley in 2008 and You Can't Stop a Freight Train in 2009 and a year later Lee toured Europe with Pat Capocci and Danny & The Cosmic Tremors. Lee performed in The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Jam Session, a theatre show with James Blundell, Nick Barker, Dave Larkin and Doug Parkinson in 2010. Lee performed in Las Vegas supporting rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis in 2011. Lee recorded Cashed Up n Crazy in 2012 and Coal Fired Man that year and signed to Euro label Rhythm Bomb Records. In March 2013, Lee toured with original rockabilly artist Wanda Jackson. In 2014 Lee joined rock group The Heatbrokers which features Van Walker, Cal Walker, Jeff Lang and Ash Davies. In Jan 2022 Ezra released the single No No Never / I Would If I Could with Linda Gail Lewis, Danny B. Harvey, JM Van Eaton, Annie Marie Lewis, Jimmy Sutton, Paulie Bignell and Stephane Swervy. Also released in Jan 2022 was Ezra's nineth studio album Death Roll feat Little Richard guitarist Travis Wammack, J.M. Van Eaton (legendary Sun Records drummer) and Australian artist Dizzy Davidson.