"soul listens"

I’m listening to jazzy music, not what I would necessarily pick out on an ordinary day. Maybe it is NOT a regular day, but then maybe it was just because of what I ate today (Bitter gourd--a selection from the wide variety of "exotic" cuisine in our canteen's MENU).

…one could hear the soul of music! Jazz music is soulful, you can just imagine the nostrils of the sax player as it contracts grasping for air and making good music out of it while the pianist’s head almost fall off its axis and the  drummer’s sweat salsa down "his" or as I would like to imagine "her" forehead (not to be gender biased). Trying to make sense out of the song arrangement…nah, never mind. Don't bother, I’ve met these artists they do not try make a point, they enjoy! Definitely, no pressure there.

Guitarist Juan B.H. Alegre III, aka Johnny Alegre (b. June 4, 1955), attended the University of the Philippines College of Music in the latter 1970s, where he studied composition and became a founding member of the U.P. Jazz Ensemble. He studied with the jazz educator, Dr. Joseph Howard, and participated in creative workshops conducted by musicologist-composer Dr. Erhard Karkoshka, guitarist Ike Isaacs and composer-scholar Chou Wen-chung. Alegre was involved in scores of bands and studio recording sessions, spanning more than twenty years of Philippine jazz and popular music history and discography, both as a musician and record producer. In May of 2002, Johnny Alegre formed Manila's premier jazz group, the Johnny Alegre Affinity, with bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko Bermejo, pianist Elhmir Saison and saxophonist Tots Tolentino. Their first recorded work, "Stones Of Intramuros", written by Alegre, was included in the limited edition Philippine jazz anthology CD, Adobo Jazz Vol.1, which caught the attention of the jazz record company, Candid Records. 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 "Jazzhound", capped by two sold-out engagements in London's PizzaExpress Jazz Club with guest saxophonist, Dimitri Vassilakis. As part of the ever-evolving cultural landscape in Asia-Pacific, Johnny Alegre’s musical projects contribute greatly to an emerging and vibrant jazz milieu.

                                             

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[Miz]

i like you..hehehheeh