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April Gigs

March 31, 2006

Gigs this April

(hoping you can visit us sometime)

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Personnel:

Johnny Alegre, guitar / Simon Tan, bass / Dave Harder, bass (Apr-22) / Koko Bermejo, drums / with Joey Quirino, keyboards (Apr-19) / Alvin Cornista, sax (Apr-19)

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April-04 : THURSDAY Conspiracy Visayas Avenue (near Quezon Circle) Diliman QC First set starts at 9:45PM.

April-19: WEDNESDAY Mag:net Cafe Katipunan Katipunan Avenue, QC (across Miriam College, beside Rustans) "JAZZY WEDNESDAYS" event (back-to-back with RINKA) First set starts 9PM. Reservations: Tels. 435-2631; 929-3191 c/o Raymar For a location map and other info click here: http://www.magnet.com.ph/ First set starts at 9:45PM.

April-22 : SATURDAY Ardis Bar Jupiter Street (near corner Reposo Street) Makati First set starts at 9:45PM.

April-26: WEDNESDAY The Penguin Cafe Remedios Street cor. Remedios Circle Malate, Manila Starts at roughly 9:30PM. Reservations: Tel. 303-7355 First set starts at 9:45PM.

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Johnny Alegre AFFINITY's first cd is available at the following stores: Tower Records, Music One, Odyssey, "O" Record Store (at Rockwell), SM record outlets,Astroplus (Podium), Montage (GB-4) and Fully Booked (Rockwell).

Also available online at:

http://www.myayala.com/shop/merchants.asp?mcode=MG01&categ_id=3

The UK edition, "Jazzhound", is available at the following online stores:

http://www.amazon.co.uk

http://search.lycos.co.uk

http://candidrecords.com/acatalog/

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AFFINITY Sightings!

March 28, 2006

The free "Alerts" services of Google and Yahoo! have been convenient for learning AFFINITY's buzztrail in the online world. Here are some choice pickings, with brief sketches of each article (and if you click the http hyperlink, you'll see its entire page).

Johnny Alegre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Alegre

Guitarist Juan BH Alegre III, aka Johnny Alegre (b. … In May 2002, Johnny Alegre formed Manila's premier jazz group, the Johnny Alegre Affinity, …

GlobalPinoy.com, Showbiz News

http://www.globalpinoy.com/news/showbiz/05032005/show1.php

Guitarist Johnny Alegre ignites an electrifying performance. Affinity is guitarist Johnny Alegre, bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko Bermejo, …

Candid Records Philippines

http://www.candidrecords.com.ph/events.html

Event: Canon Awards. February 2 (Thursday), The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY … Time: 7PM. February 15 (Wednesday), The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY …

Insanity in a box

http://jmibanez.livejournal.com/tag/events

And lo, Johnny Alegre's CD was there. Which meant that they must be playing. … Although they were just a trio (Johnny Alegre on the guitars, Koko Bermejo …

Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2005/06/29/SCTY2005062938133.html

Over 150 bands performed during the festival including Kitchie Nadal, Session Road, Moonstar 88, Johnny Alegre Affinity, Tropical Depression, Sugarfree, …

Music is my radar - February gigs - Johnny Alegre Affinity

http://mightydacs98.multiply.com/journal/item/29

JOHNNY ALEGRE AFFINITY Feb-02: THURSDAY, SaGUIJO CAFE+BAR Guijo Street(nearby) Pasong Tamo cor. … Add a Reply to: February gigs - Johnny Alegre Affinity …

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=262028

… Bloc Party, John Legend, Mono, psychedelic, world, classical, jazz, tai-chi, Indian, Johnny Alegre Affinity, Ambassadors, Tori Amos, Daft Punk, Weezer,

3rd Manila Jazz Festival Photo Gallery by Reynald Ngo at pbase.com

http://www.pbase.com/rngo/3rdmanilajazz

Johnny Alegre Affinity band did their stuffs both covers and from their new self titled album … Johnny Alegre Affinity, Tots on Alto Sax Tots on Alto Sax …

Johnny Alegre: Information From Answers.com

http://www.answers.com/topic/johnny-alegre

Subsequently, the self-titled album, "Johnny Alegre AFFINITY" was released in the Philippines in mid-2005 and was subsequently re-released in the UK as …

http://www.livebands.com.ph/bands/band.aspx?id=4163

The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY began as an ensemble that gathered in Manila's Pink Noise Studios for guitarist Johnny Alegre's composition, …

ClickTheCity - Shows and Events

http://clickthecity.com/event/detail.asp?evid=15184

Johnny Alegre Affinity Johnny Alegre-guitar, Simon Tan-bass Koko Bermejo, drums. The Johnny Alegre Affinity cd is available at the following stores: Tower …

RP hosts 'historic' jazz & arts festival

http://news.inq7.net/entertainment/index.php?index=1&story_id=63776

INQ7.net - Philippines … This was followed by grand performances of the UP Jazz Ensemble, Johnny Alegre Affinity, Lester Demetillo, Makopa, Jong Cuenco, Isha with Look, the Ria Villena …

Johnny Alegre Affinity Jazzhound on CD

http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/entertainment/

music/53756-cd-jazz-music-johnny-alegre-affinity-jazzhound.html Buy 'Johnny Alegre Affinity Jazzhound' online at VirginMegastores. Jazz Music: Johnny Alegre Affinity Jazzhound on CD.

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Latest News

In stark contrast to the finely recorded first album released late last year, the 2nd JA AFFINITY release will consist of Live! album tracks; some familiar, and others entirely new. The project will treat listeners to a generous sweep of AFFINITY’s performance highlights and the various grab bags along the way. It will be a return to the primitive and dangerous sensibilities of AFFINITY’s stage presence, the exciting elements that made the group challenging and fresh, both for their audiences and the participating musicians themselves. The second album will feature Johnny Alegre, Colby de la Calzada, Tots Tolentino, Koko Bermejo, Elhmir Saison, Jeri de Leon and Simon Tan in musical chairs playing AFFINITY’s different kinds of music. The amazing audio engineer, Noel de Brackinghe, is presently breaking ground at Sweet Spot Solutions to make this album truly special and collectible.

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http://www.affinity.ph

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AFFINITY at the Shang

March 16, 2006

We’ll be playing at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza on March 25 (Saturday) as part of the annual "Coffee Tea and Jazz" festivities. It’s a free concert. Show starts at 6pm.

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ROCK-ED SA CCP:

March 7, 2006

A benefit concert on high gear.

Tuesday: March 07

Starts@Sunset of March 7th

Ends@Sunrise of March 8th

At the CCP Main Theater Driveway RampFacing Roxas Boulevard

Rising above the din of political white noise, these artists are coming together to say, "Teka teka teka, Leyte naman muna..." The lineup so far: Radioactive Sago Project, Noel Cabangon, UpDharmaDown, JuanPabloDream, Giniling Festival, Paramita, The Dawn, Sound, Makatha, Kjwan, Stitches,Paolo Santos, Jeepney Joyride, Spenglers, CoverMeQuick, Menaya, Bateria, Reggae Rock, Shards of Ice, Reklamo, VirginHunters, Carol Bello, tenor DondiOng, Reklamo, Estilo, Escordatura, Formula Juan, Torotot Festival, SweetPotato, Kapatid and many many more including the Johnny Alegre AFFINITY to open the main concert event at 8PM.

A special edition of the band.featuring Johnny Alegre, guitar Jeri de Leon, bass Mar Dizon, drums. All artists are performing as volunteers.100% of the proceeds will go to the Leyte survivors fund.

A PhP100 donation will be requested from you at the gate. A donation stubgets you one free Pale Pilsen beer compliments of San Miguel. March 7 is a zero-politics night.March 7 is all for Leyte.Come in Peace. Please. Only 500 people are allowed at a time on the CCP landing. For obvious reasons, we hold the safety of people and property as priority so we will follow the No In&Out policy. Come Early. Come Steady.The "Para sa Leyte" Consortium: Rock Ed Philippines, the Cultural Center ofthe Philippines, NU107, Terno Recordings, MTV Philippines, Preview Magazineand Dakila.

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Profile

Guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, jazz journeyman and recording artist from the Philippines. His pioneering projects are contributing progressively towards bringing an emergent Southeast Asian milieu to the attention of musical audiences local and foreign; defying barriers of genre, demographics and cultural stereotypes. Alegre’s involvement in the Philippine scene encompasses scores of bands and recording projects, spanning more than three decades of history and discography in seminal “pinoy rock”, his early sorties into his country’s popular OPM (Original Pilipino Music) genre, and his an epiphany in modern jazz. In various capacities as composer-arranger, record producer and performing musician, his protean roles have been none short of groundbreaking.

In 2002, Johnny Alegre formed what effectively became Manila’s premier jazz collective, the "Johnny Alegre AFFINITY" (with bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko Bermejo, pianist Elhmir Saison and saxophonist Tots Tolentino as co-founding members), which initiated a series of musical chairs that continue until the present. His performances with AFFINITY spanned the breadth of Manila’s high profile clubs and concert venues in modular formats of trios, quartets and quintets. Their first recorded work, “Stones Of Intramuros”, written by Alegre, was included in a limited edition Philippine jazz anthology CD, Adobo Jazz Vol.1, that caught the attention of the London-based jazz specialty label, Candid Records.

Subsequently, the eponymous first album, “Johnny Alegre AFFINITY” was released in the Philippines in mid-2005, described by the local press as “a blend of musical, technical and communal creativity between the composer and his allies”. The opus was subsequently re-released in the U.K. as “Jazzhound”, with notices in British jazz publications, and capped by two sold-out engagements (with guest saxophonist, Dimitri Vassilakis) in London’s PizzaExpress Jazz Club. In 2008, Alegre unfolded “Eastern Skies”, an album set to the framework of an orchestral backdrop by the Global Studio Orchestra (conducted by Gerard Salonga, as arranged by Ria Villena-Osorio). It was his response to the clamor for even more innovative music from “Manila’s jazz superband”. Alegre’s introduction to a mainstream American jazz audience in Hollywood’s Catalina Bar in December 2007 earned him a favorable notice in the Los Angeles Times, particularly some kind words from journalist Don Heckman and the music historian Ashley Kahn.

In pursuit of these encouragements, 2009 is the year of “3”, Alegre’s third outing: a U.S. trio recording of the guitarist-composer joined by Billy Hart (drums) and Ron McClure (bass). “3” is his follow through to what promises to be a new global breakthrough effort for the Philippine jazz artist. This third release also marks his migration to his new home and record label, MCA MUSIC (Philippines) of the Universal Music Group.

Johnny Alegre is presently at work with HUMANFOLK, a suite of recordings and the subsequent concept band he undertook with the New York based avant-garde percussionist and indigenous music advocate, Susie Ibarra, together with her husband, drummer Roberto Juan Rodriguez, and with innovative Philippine-based musical artists and collaborators, singer-composer Cynthia Alexander and the sound designer, Malek Lopez.

Juan Bautista H. Alegre (III) attended the University of the Philippines College of Music in the latter 1970s, studied composition and was a founding member of the U.P. Jazz Ensemble. Under the tutelage of jazz educator Dr. Joseph Howard and pianist Fred Robles, he further participated in creative workshops conducted by visiting professors such as musicologist-composer Dr. Erhard Karkoschka from the Stuttgart Musikschule, British guitarist Ike Isaacs and composer-scholar Chou Wen-chung from Columbia University. This is an exciting time for those to hear the musical stories of Johnny Alegre, who had emerged as a compleat musician and exponent of a distinctive and very personal musical statement that is both Philippine, Asian and Global.