Boplicity show @ Top Room!

Hey everyone,

The show at Top Room last night was quite a bomb, we reckon. The music was just happening, and the band was really kickin' it good! We played some of the usual music from our repertoire, from Cannonball to Art Blakey, and more. We've also had a special guest violinist, Fung Chern Hwei, to play with us on the special second set. We played mostly his compositions, and it turned out pretty good, I think! His music was pretty intense, some of the bordering of free, improvised music. I would think this would be one of those rare times, you'd get to see some really crazy, far out, jazz music! It's what I'd call a taste of New York... ahahha..

I think Chern Hwei's gonna be an interesting composer, and improviser... and being soaked in the endless wave of interesting music, including jazz, there's no place better than to really get a whole load of inspiration and ideas. Look out for him...

If you wanna have a taste of New York... come by tonight to the Top Room, music starts from 10:30pm.

**UPDATE**

The second night's show last night was pretty good as well... and there was also a fair crowd, and an enthusiastic one as well!

The band, started off on a rather relaxed tone (probably still tired from the previous night's show!), but the dynamic slowly built up and everyone started kickin' in hard!! When we got Chern Hwei up on stage again, he also kicked in hard eventually. The band was even more tighter this time, compared to Friday, when it came to his music. And of course, Chern Hwei just tore up some of the tunes that he played on as well!

I think we had two good nights in a row, and although we didn't really expect it, it was well appreciated. I have to say, it's not easy sitting through three sets of instrumental jazz... but the audience have been nothing short of amazing! There's still hope for a growing jazz audience in Malaysia. I'm crossing my fingers!!

Till the next gig...

**UPDATE 2**

Read Chern Hwei's account about the Boplicity show last week. He definitely had a ball of a time, and we had one ourselves having him on the show. **Warning: Article contains expletives**