June 29 & 30, 2007

Johnny Alegre, guitar
Caloy Herrera, bass (June 29)
Mar Dizon, drums (June 29)
Dave Harder, bass (June 30)
Mikah Azurin, drums (June 30)

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June-29 (Friday)
KUBLAI's Restaurant and Bar
(in same building
as Dencio's Restaurant).
MAGALLANES VILLAGE Mallstrip
Paseo de Magallanes,
MAKATI
alongside South Superhighway corner EDSA

Starts at roughly (more or less) 9:45PM.
Plenty of parking and it's a very nice area.

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June-30 (Saturday)
ROCK-ED 2ND ANNIV CONCERT
Eastwood City
LIBIS

Starts at roughly (more or less) 6:30PM.
featuring
UpDharmaDown
Radioactive Sago Project
Paramita
Affinity
Giniling Festival
Swissy
Chicosci
Noel Cabangon
Paolo Santos
Kala
Peryodiko
etc

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2007 Fete de la Musique (WORLD STAGE)

The 2007 FETE DE LA MUSIQUE

June-23 (Saturday)

WORLD STAGE
Nakpil corner Orosa Streets
Malate, Manila

FREE CONCERT!

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featuring …

1) Peryodiko
   3:00 – 3:10
2) Taken by cars
   3:15 – 3:25
3) Jerome Rico
   3:30 – 3:40
4) Drip
   3:45 – 3:55
5) Day dream cycle
   4:00 -4:10
6) Makatha
   4:15 – 4:25
7) Cosmic Love
   4:30 – 4:40
8) Switch
   4:45 – 4:55
9) Salindiwa
   5:00 – 5:10
10) Milagros Dance Hall Collective
   5:15 – 5:25
11) Musical Orgasm
   5:30 – 5:40
12) The Rinka Collective
   5:45 – 5:55
13) Bagetsafonik
   6:00 – 6:10
14) Jeepney Joyride
   6:15 – 6:25
15) The Blue Rats
   6:30 – 6:40
16) The Spaceflower Show
   6:45 – 7:00
17) 4MH
   7:00 – 7:10
18) Sound
   7:15 – 7:25
19) Wahijuara
   7:30 – 7:40
20) Brass Munkeys
   7:45 – 7:55
21) Bembol Rockers
   8:00 – 8:10
22) Coffee Break Island
   8:15 – 8:25
23) Swissy
   8:30 – 8:40
24) Spy
   8:45 – 8:55
25) Pinikpikan
   9:00 – 9:10
26) Blazing Bulalakaw
   9:15 – 9:25
27) Paramita
   9:30 – 9:40
28) Outerhope
   9:45 – 9:55
29) Johnny Alegre Affinity
   10:00 – 10:10    
30) Juan Pablo Dream
   10:15 – 10:25
31) Sino Sikat
   10:30 – 10:40
32) Skabeche
   10:45 – 10:55
33) The Chongkeys
   11:00 – 11:10
34) Project Fusion
   11:15 – 11: 25
35) Penta Spiral
   11:30 – 11:40

The 2nd Annual Penguin Music Fest

 The 2ND ANNUAL PENGUIN MUSIC FESTIVAL (Part 1)

June-15, 2007 (Friday)

at the Penguin Cafe
Remedios Street
cor. Remedios Circle
Malate, Manila

FREE ADMISSION

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featuring …

JFK ("Jazz For Kicks") : jazz
9PM-9:45PM

PUNY EARTHLINGS : alternative
9:45PM-10:30PM

The FRONTMEN : jazz
10:30PM-11:15PM

HEMP REPUBLIC : reggae
11:15PM-12MN

AFFINITY : jazz
12MN-12:45AM

NEIGHBORS : reggae
12:45AM-1:30AM

MOBSTER MANILA : ska
1:30AM-2:15AM

and surprise guests

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June Gigs at the Magnets

Johnny Alegre, guitar
Colby dela Calzada, bass (June 07)
Fritz Barth, drums (June 07)
Dave Harder, bass (June 08)
Ryan Socrates, drums (June 08)

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June-07 (Thursday)
Mag:net Cafe, High Street
2nd Floor, Building-B
Fort Bonifacio

Starts at 'round 9:45PM.

also featuring
Chillitees

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June-08 (Friday)
Mag:net Katipunan
(located beside Rustan's)
Katipunan Avenue, QC

Starts at 'round 9:45PM.

also featuring
Sandwich, Hilera,
Mayonnaise, Giniling Festival,
The Pin-up Girls, Cambio
and Mint Car

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Reservations:
Call: 09182112930 / 09202131320
For a location map and other info click here:
http://www.magnet.com.ph/

Wally’s "Jeepney Jam"

Check out Wally Gonzales and his guitar-playing friends in "Jeepney Jam"! At the HARD ROCK CAFE, May 24 (Thursday) at Glorietta-3, Ayala Center Makati.

The door opens at 8PM for this amazing event, and will last until after Midnight.

Featuring:

1. Warren Norton
with GRINDSTONE

2. Joey Puyat,
Butch Roxas
& Cowboy Santos
with THE BLUE RATS

3.Kakoi Legaspi
& Joric Maglanque (aka "Delta Slim")
with FIREBOTTLE

4. Cowboy Santos
& Doc Tedd
with THE HOUSEROCKERS

5. Johnny Alegre
with AFFINITY

6. Wally Gonzales
with THE WALLY GONZALES BAND

May Gigs

Johnny Alegre / AFFINITY

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Johnny Alegre, guitar
Dave Harder, bass (May 11, 24 & 29)
Colby dela Calzada, bass (May 25)
Mar Dizon, drums (May 11 & 25)
Jay Gapasin, drums (May 24)
Mikah Azurin, drums (May 29)
Alvin Cornista, sax (May 25)
Henry Katindig, keyboards (May 25)

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May-11 (Friday)
at PENGUIN CAFE
Remedios Street
cor. Remedios Circle, Malate, Manila
Starts 9:45PM

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May-24 (Thursday)
at HARD ROCK CAFE
"The Wally Gonzales Guitar Fest"
Glorietta-3
Ayala Center Makati
feat.
the Wally Gonzales Group
Johnny Alegre AFFINITY
The Blue Rats
Warren Norton
Dr. Tedd
and other guests

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May-25 (Friday)
at Makati Shangri-la
BRITISH SCHOOL Event

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May-29 (Tuesday)
at INIHAW REPUBLIC
Katipunan Extension, QC
feat.
Johnny Alegre AFFINITY
Bandang Shirley
Ciudad
and other guests

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ONLINE STORES
for Johnny Alegre AFFINITY:

CD UNIVERSE:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Alegre,+Johnny/a/Johnny+Alegre.htm

AUDIO LUNCHBOX:
http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=53126

EMUSIC:
http://www.emusic.com/artist/11655/11655776.html

MYAYALA:
https://www.myayala.com/shop/products.asp?categ_id=3&product_id=7572&merchant_code=MG01

KABAYAN CENTRAL:
http://www.kabayancentral.com/music/centra/mmcankc5001.html

FLIPTUNES:
http://www.fliptunes.net/store/products_list.php?cPath=50

WOOLWORTHS:
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50481424

VIRGIN MEGASTORES:
http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/invt/661884

AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.com/Jazzhound-Johnny-Alegre/dp/B000B5H7J6/ref=sr_1_1/002-0108854-9734466?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1178253420&sr=8-1

Earth Day Celebration (Street Concert)

The Annual Earth Day Jam

from Dimitri Productions 

April 20, Friday

(starts 7PM)

Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City

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The event will be held along the Tomas Morato strip, with two stages:

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1. Along the Scout Lascano street corner of Tomas Morato Avenue is the EARTH-WATER STAGE with performances from:

-Johnny Alegre AFFINITY
-Brass Munkeys
-Brownman Revival
-Bayang Barrios
-Cynthia Alexander
-Juan Pablo dream
-Lynn Sherman
-Mon David
-Nina
-Pinikpikan
-Pido
-Raffi
-Radioactive Sago Project
-Reggae Mistress
-Sofia
-U.P. Jazz Ensemble
-Wahijuara

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2. Along the Scout Fernandez street corner of Tomas Morato Avenue is the FIRE-AIR STAGE with performances from:

-Callalily
-Chicosci
-Giniling Festival
-Itchyworms
-Kitchie Nadal
-Lou Bonnevie
-Noel Cabangon
-Orange and Lemons
-Paolo Santos
-Paramita
-Rivermaya
-Rocksteddy
-Session Road
-The Dawn
-Up Dharma Down

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ADMISSION IS FREE!!!

Flashback: LATE WINTER IN NEW YORK

— In pinoyjazz@yahoogroups.com, "buszmail" <affinityjazz@…> wrote:

from Johnny Alegre

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Greetings from New York in the aftermath of a winter storm last March 16. Earlier, in the week of March 9 when the sun was shining, rehearsed and recorded a new album, with drummer Billy Hart and bassist Ron McClure. Hopefully, this album can be released late this year or early next year. It took almost another year of preparation and perhaps I can now do some feel-good spoilers for the Pinoyjazz community. Ron and Billy are excellent teachers, working with them was not only fun but brought out unrealized elements in my musicianship, introducing fresh territory. Ron in particular was very supportive in the performance department, he was very generous in providing playing ideas, sharing his confidence and experience.

Billy, on the other hand, was a great narrator of stories; and during breaks he would engage me in all kinds of jazz lore, making me feel at home in this rarefied company: stories about Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Smith, etc. The experience was surely lots of fun. The three of us posed for pictures in a New York sidewalk, etc. (trivia: We rehearsed in this small walkup in West 46th Street called Michiko on the 3rd floor, and downstairs, Chris Potter and Brian Blade were playing for a masterclass.) We worked together so well that this trio will most likely be my permanent band of choice outside the Philippines. (More on this at a later junction.) Here's some useful introduction of my American jazz friends (just Google the unfamiliar names). Hoping as well that Jazzphil-USA can provide this trio some assistance in the U.S. West Coast . Here goes:

* Ron McClure studied with Don Sebesky. He worked in the Buddy Rich Sextet in 1963 and Maynard Ferguson's big band and Herbie Mann in 1964, and then assumed the bass chair in the Wynton Kelly Trio vacated by the late Paul Chambers in 1965 (frequently accompanying guitarist Wes Montgomery). He thereafter joined the "classic quartet" of Charles Lloyd, together with Keith Jarrett and Jack de Johnnette, spanning 1966-69. In 1970, together with Mike Nock, Eddie Marshall and Michael White, they formed the groundbreaking experimental jazz group, The Fourth Way. He also participated in Carla Bley's innovative album, "Escalator Over The Hill". In the greater part of the 1970s, Ron engaged himself in an association with saxophonist Joe Henderson, with whom he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears. Henderson left soon before recordings were made but McClure stayed on to perform in three B,S&T albums ("Mirror Image", "New City", "Live And Improvised"). Henderson and McClure recorded four albums together. In the 1980s, McClure joined Quest, led by Dave Liebman, which included drummer Billy Hart and pianist Richie Beirach. He also recorded a duo album with Michel Petrucciani. McClure's major engagements in the 1990s through the 2000s were with Lee Konitz, and then with the reassembled Quest (which will be touring this year and releasing a new cd). His own solo albums are with John Abercrombie, Vic Juris, Richie Beirach and Randy Brecker.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GceGfe17Jkc

* Billy Hart got an early start in Washington DC, backing visiting artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Smokey Robinson, and then landed his first regular stint with singer-pianist Shirley Horn. He thereafter was recruited by Buddy Montgomery to join the Montgomery Brothers (with brothers Wes and Monk) in 1961, and then went through an intermediate period with Jimmy Smith (1964-1966), until he rejoined Wes Montgomery (1966-1968). Following Montgomery's death, Hart moved to New York, where he played with Eddie Harris, Pharoah Sanders and Marian McPartland, and recorded with Joe Zawinul ("Zawinul"), Wayne Shorter ("Odyssey of Iska") and, later, Miles Davis ("On The Corner"). In 1969, he became a member of Herbie Hancock's Sextet (1969-1973), which released some of the next decade's groundbreaking albums, "Mwandishi", "Crossings" and "Sextant". Upon the disbanding of the Hancock Sextet, he joined McCoy Tyner (1973-1974) and Stan Getz (1974-1979). In the 1980's Hart was a regular with bands led by Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Mingus Dynasty and, most extensively, with Quest (with Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, and Ron McClure). In the 1990's Hart joined Charles Lloyd (together with Marc Johnson and John Abercrombie) which released albums for ECM. He was the drummer for Pat Martino's "Live At Yoshi's" album. He also played with Joe Lovano, and in 1999 through the 2000s he performed and recorded with the Saxophone Summit (Liebman-Lovano-Brecker).

http://www.upbeat.com/lieb/summit.htm

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All for now. Nippy weather over here. Sun is out again but the ice hasn't melted. Visited today John Coltrane's old abandoned house in Dix Hills, Long Island, where he composed "A Love Supreme". Paid my respects. I swear I could hear the empty house reverberating. Three acres of snow, and no footprints until I got there. I'll do scans and post them in the Photos folder later this week or next. I'm heading home and back to the day job to keep body and soul together. See you guys (hopefully) at the bar gigs.

— End forwarded message —

Flashback: Trio Jazz at Penguin : Feb-28 (Wed.)

The Johnny Alegre Trio
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Johnny Alegre, guitar
Dave Harder, bass
Ignacio Moran, drums

at the Penguin Cafe,
Remedios Street

cor. Remedios Circle
Malate, Manila

Starts at 10PM

Flashback: THE 2ND PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & ARTS FESTIVAL (February, 2007)

Johnny Alegre on three days of the festival, as follows: