Gigs coming up!
Okay, I've been trying to get some gigs with Justin now that he's back (looks like we're not the only flers who wants a piece of him..LOL!). So here's one confirmed one - it's gonna be at The Top Room @ Top Hat on July 21, 22. That's about over a month from now. However we're not sure if it'll involve ALL of the original cats, one or two of us might not be available those dates. But the gig is on.. so watch out for it!
I know it's been pretty quiet for us for the last couple of weeks. One of the drawbacks of not getting regular bookings is that each individual would be booked for other gigs for other people. Which is good, of course. Means there's business for each of us!
But anyway, just to fill up this space a little, I'll just write some shorties about what we've been up to, some of us:
Charles..
I guess he's been quite busy with a lot of functions and gigs, like most of us as well. I have to say, we don't get to see much of him, except during gigs and rehearsals for gigs. Married life mah, what can we say?
AJ..
He's busy completing his rock band, Popshuvit's latest album. The last I heard they're gonna send it to Japan for mixing, or mastering, or something, I can't recall. Other than that, seems our confused bassist cum drummer has been gigging quite a bit as well. You'll catch him these days playing with Greg Lyons and Friends (aka MezzaJazz) at Mezzanotte Restaurant, Asian Heritage Row, off Jalan Sultan Ismail. Either that, or it's with Farid Ali aka Mr. Gambus at some of his gigs in and around town. Either that or it's baby-making... *tsk tsk tsk*
Justin..
Since he's been back, it's the usual of meeting up with old friends, bandmates, hanging out with family, and of course, his girlfriend. Sorry ladies.. but some of us are still available, thanks for asking!! He's lost weight than when he first left, which he attributed to not enough good food in the US (read: no late night mamak sessions!). Our food here was so good, our poor sap got food poisoning the first week he was in town!
As I mentioned before, so many of us wants a "piece" of him, he's already getting busy getting booked for gigs, jazz AND non-jazz. He'll be playing with GruvAvenue for the Sunrise Jazz Fest coming up sometime soon, with us in Top Room of course (and possibly some other places, tbc), and even an underground Acoustic/singer-songwriter gig at No Black Tie on the 14 and 15 of July. And you'll also find him subbing a little at Mezzanotte with Greg Lyons and Friends, too!
Eddie..
Eddie's been playing a quite a bit as well these couple of months. Which is great I must say. He's playing like a madman these days!!! Check him out! Some of the stuff he's involved with lately are the Jonathan Lee World Tour, this band, The KL Hardbop Band, David Gomes band, and he finished a three-night blues gig with Jamie Wilson at Backyard Pub and No Black Tie last weekend! Check him out at his website for some updates from the horses mouth!
Eddie will be going to Dhaka, Bangaladesh, with me and Kevin Choo to do Mia Palencia's Swinging Down To Business show for last weekend of this month.
Julian..
Well, some of the more regular things I'm busy with is teaching, for one. Got some private students, and I'm also teaching part time saxophone private instruction at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) at Cheras. Other than that, I've also been involved some of the same gigs Eddie's involved in, the Jonathan Lee tour, The KL Hardbop band, David Gomes, and lately with Sharizan, and of course several short projects I'm trying to work on.
Sharizan has recently launched his second album called Timeless, a collection of standards from Frank Sinatra and then some more. It was a live recording at Avanti's Restaurant, of which I was involved on saxophone.
Other than that I'll be playing with Eddie and my mentor Thomas, along with the David Gomes Sextet at the KL Music Festival on the July 5, so that's gonna be a fun gig for sure. Eddie, Kevin (another sax player buddy of mine, too, and damn good one!) and I are going to Dhaka, Bangaladesh, to do a show with Mia Palencia's Swinging Down to Business end of this month, so that'll be a travelling experience! I'll also be doing with John Thomas' funk group at the Sunrise Jazz Fest on Aug 4.
There'll be more updates, so do stay tune. Please do email us, if you've any questions, suggestions, and comments.
I know it's been pretty quiet for us for the last couple of weeks. One of the drawbacks of not getting regular bookings is that each individual would be booked for other gigs for other people. Which is good, of course. Means there's business for each of us!
But anyway, just to fill up this space a little, I'll just write some shorties about what we've been up to, some of us:
Charles..
I guess he's been quite busy with a lot of functions and gigs, like most of us as well. I have to say, we don't get to see much of him, except during gigs and rehearsals for gigs. Married life mah, what can we say?
AJ..
He's busy completing his rock band, Popshuvit's latest album. The last I heard they're gonna send it to Japan for mixing, or mastering, or something, I can't recall. Other than that, seems our confused bassist cum drummer has been gigging quite a bit as well. You'll catch him these days playing with Greg Lyons and Friends (aka MezzaJazz) at Mezzanotte Restaurant, Asian Heritage Row, off Jalan Sultan Ismail. Either that, or it's with Farid Ali aka Mr. Gambus at some of his gigs in and around town. Either that or it's baby-making... *tsk tsk tsk*
Justin..
Since he's been back, it's the usual of meeting up with old friends, bandmates, hanging out with family, and of course, his girlfriend. Sorry ladies.. but some of us are still available, thanks for asking!! He's lost weight than when he first left, which he attributed to not enough good food in the US (read: no late night mamak sessions!). Our food here was so good, our poor sap got food poisoning the first week he was in town!
As I mentioned before, so many of us wants a "piece" of him, he's already getting busy getting booked for gigs, jazz AND non-jazz. He'll be playing with GruvAvenue for the Sunrise Jazz Fest coming up sometime soon, with us in Top Room of course (and possibly some other places, tbc), and even an underground Acoustic/singer-songwriter gig at No Black Tie on the 14 and 15 of July. And you'll also find him subbing a little at Mezzanotte with Greg Lyons and Friends, too!
Eddie..
Eddie's been playing a quite a bit as well these couple of months. Which is great I must say. He's playing like a madman these days!!! Check him out! Some of the stuff he's involved with lately are the Jonathan Lee World Tour, this band, The KL Hardbop Band, David Gomes band, and he finished a three-night blues gig with Jamie Wilson at Backyard Pub and No Black Tie last weekend! Check him out at his website for some updates from the horses mouth!
Eddie will be going to Dhaka, Bangaladesh, with me and Kevin Choo to do Mia Palencia's Swinging Down To Business show for last weekend of this month.
Julian..
Well, some of the more regular things I'm busy with is teaching, for one. Got some private students, and I'm also teaching part time saxophone private instruction at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) at Cheras. Other than that, I've also been involved some of the same gigs Eddie's involved in, the Jonathan Lee tour, The KL Hardbop band, David Gomes, and lately with Sharizan, and of course several short projects I'm trying to work on.
Sharizan has recently launched his second album called Timeless, a collection of standards from Frank Sinatra and then some more. It was a live recording at Avanti's Restaurant, of which I was involved on saxophone.
Other than that I'll be playing with Eddie and my mentor Thomas, along with the David Gomes Sextet at the KL Music Festival on the July 5, so that's gonna be a fun gig for sure. Eddie, Kevin (another sax player buddy of mine, too, and damn good one!) and I are going to Dhaka, Bangaladesh, to do a show with Mia Palencia's Swinging Down to Business end of this month, so that'll be a travelling experience! I'll also be doing with John Thomas' funk group at the Sunrise Jazz Fest on Aug 4.
There'll be more updates, so do stay tune. Please do email us, if you've any questions, suggestions, and comments.
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