MIshka Adams
Playdates for PI Jazzfest
04 Feb 2011 09:19 PM
To those who might be interested, here is my schedule
for the Philippine International Jazz Festival.
Feb. 11 - Noel Cabangon @ Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati. 6pm
along with Mel Villena’s A.M.P. Big Band, Johnny and Rosanna Gaerlan
Feb. 19 - Mishka Adams @ Bacolod Jazz Festival. 6pm
along with artists Sinosikat, Boy Katindig, Nancy Brew feat. Logic Band
Feb. 21 - Mishka Adams @ Jazz at Salon de Ning, The Peninsula Manila. 10pm
Mishka Adams (London)
Aya Korem, Adam Ben Amitai (Israel)
Jerianne, Shane and the Brown Union
Feb. 22 - Mishka Adams @ Cultural Nights. Greenbelt 3 Park, Ayala Center, Makati. 8pm
Feb. 25 - Mishka Adams @ ABS CBN Night. Rockwell Tent. 6pm
main attraction will be FOURPLAY with Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, Harvey Mason
also featuring Jon Irabagon
view the full PI Jazzfest 2011 schedule here - http://www.pijazzfest.com/
Feb. 11 - Noel Cabangon @ Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati. 6pm
along with Mel Villena’s A.M.P. Big Band, Johnny and Rosanna Gaerlan
Feb. 19 - Mishka Adams @ Bacolod Jazz Festival. 6pm
along with artists Sinosikat, Boy Katindig, Nancy Brew feat. Logic Band
Feb. 21 - Mishka Adams @ Jazz at Salon de Ning, The Peninsula Manila. 10pm
Mishka Adams (London)
Aya Korem, Adam Ben Amitai (Israel)
Jerianne, Shane and the Brown Union
Feb. 22 - Mishka Adams @ Cultural Nights. Greenbelt 3 Park, Ayala Center, Makati. 8pm
Feb. 25 - Mishka Adams @ ABS CBN Night. Rockwell Tent. 6pm
main attraction will be FOURPLAY with Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, Harvey Mason
also featuring Jon Irabagon
view the full PI Jazzfest 2011 schedule here - http://www.pijazzfest.com/
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Updates
04 Feb 2011 09:06 PM
January saw me writing a lot of chamber and string
quartet stuff, particularly for weddings. Wedding
gigs aren’t my cup of tea, really.. but I just had to
take the projects that came to me in January because
they were quite out-of-the-ordinary. One involved
three tunes from U2, arranged for string quartet..
the other involved this cool song from the chillout
group, Bliss. The couple chose this song for their
wedding march: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkuvUlA7AcE.
I wrote an arrangement for that, for strings and
woodwinds and choir, and my arranger friend
Denis Catli did the programming for the backing
tracks.
For February, it’s looking to be a busy month in terms of arrangements and jazz gigs. Recorded 5 tunes for my friend Ronald Tomas for his jazz album. In the meantime, Lea Salonga will be performing with the Bangkok Symphony on Feb. 14, so my cohorts and I are rushing some arrangements for that. I also have a few strings-y stuff to do for Noel Cabangon’s upcoming album. Then, I’ll be playing for Mishka Adams and Noel Cabangon for the Philippine International Jazz Festival. (here’s my sched)
In other news, I’ll be running my third half-marathon race on Feb. 6. I wasn’t able to finish my second race last November, due to sleepless nights (while scoring RPG Metanoia) and a foot/ankle injury, so in a way, I’ll be happy with a nice, injury-free finish for this upcoming one.
For February, it’s looking to be a busy month in terms of arrangements and jazz gigs. Recorded 5 tunes for my friend Ronald Tomas for his jazz album. In the meantime, Lea Salonga will be performing with the Bangkok Symphony on Feb. 14, so my cohorts and I are rushing some arrangements for that. I also have a few strings-y stuff to do for Noel Cabangon’s upcoming album. Then, I’ll be playing for Mishka Adams and Noel Cabangon for the Philippine International Jazz Festival. (here’s my sched)
In other news, I’ll be running my third half-marathon race on Feb. 6. I wasn’t able to finish my second race last November, due to sleepless nights (while scoring RPG Metanoia) and a foot/ankle injury, so in a way, I’ll be happy with a nice, injury-free finish for this upcoming one.
Mishka Adams album recording
20 Jul 2010 06:09 PM
The last week of June, up to the first few weeks of
July, saw me busy with the album recordings of
Mishka Adams. Mishka is a
kindred spirit in music, as well as a distant
cousin and a good friend of mine. She started
singing jazz here in the Philippines, but moved
to London and is now based there. Aside from
jazz gigs, she is an active educator and voice
teacher.
I felt very fortunate to be working on this project. I arranged three tunes for her album, and played piano for ten of the recordings. Since playing jazz piano is not my full-time job nowadays, I consider it as a blessed sideline, a glorified hobby. (And it keeps me up at night too, after a full day of arranging)
The album will be a UK release, although I heard it will be also released in the Philippines (probably next year).
Mishka and me
Simon Tan on bass
Edgar Avenir: guitarist and arranger
Mar Dizon on drums
Joey Quirino, guest pianist
Shinji Tanaka. Recording engineer, audio engineer and owner of Sound Creation Studios
Hope I get more gigs like these!!
I felt very fortunate to be working on this project. I arranged three tunes for her album, and played piano for ten of the recordings. Since playing jazz piano is not my full-time job nowadays, I consider it as a blessed sideline, a glorified hobby. (And it keeps me up at night too, after a full day of arranging)
The album will be a UK release, although I heard it will be also released in the Philippines (probably next year).
Mishka and me
Simon Tan on bass
Edgar Avenir: guitarist and arranger
Mar Dizon on drums
Joey Quirino, guest pianist
Shinji Tanaka. Recording engineer, audio engineer and owner of Sound Creation Studios
Hope I get more gigs like these!!