<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216</id><updated>2011-06-08T14:13:58.545+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Enter Boplicity!</title><subtitle type='html'>The Art of Bop in KL - Julian Chan's BOPLICITY</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-2141357758619231276</id><published>2008-07-14T20:14:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T20:28:55.805+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gig update: Alexis Bistro - 18 and 19 July</title><content type='html'>Hey everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sincerest apologies for not publicizing our gig at Bangkok Jazz recently, I've been swamped with work since I got back from New York... and yes, I'm back from New York for the summer holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did a kick-butt gig at Bangkok Jazz two weekends ago.  Daniel Foong replaced Vincent for one set on Friday night, and kicked butt as well, he held his own real good.  The second  night was also a killer night, with Lewis Pragasam sitting in on one tune on the second set, as we did a Kenny Barron tune called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Voyage&lt;/span&gt;.  We did a couple of new tunes in addition to our existing hardbop repertoire, and we had a ball doing it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, here's a plug for our upcoming show:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/SHtFiA1wA6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/xWEwTR83c-c/s1600-h/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/SHtFiA1wA6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/xWEwTR83c-c/s320/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222844643509535650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Live! @ Alexis Bistro and Wine Bar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Date:&lt;/span&gt; 18 and 19 July 2008 (Fri and Sat)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/span&gt; 10.30pm onwards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Admission:&lt;/span&gt; Free (but call to reserve seats so you don't have to stand!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venue:&lt;/span&gt; Alexis Bistro and Wine Bar, Great Eastern Mall, Jalan Ampang KL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hope to see you there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-2141357758619231276?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/2141357758619231276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=2141357758619231276&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2141357758619231276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2141357758619231276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2008/07/gig-update-alexis-bistro-18-and-19-july.html' title='Gig update: Alexis Bistro - 18 and 19 July'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/SHtFiA1wA6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/xWEwTR83c-c/s72-c/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-4623851578261940989</id><published>2008-02-16T06:09:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-02-16T06:57:19.346+08:00</updated><title type='text'>JC's One Nite Stand on Youtube</title><content type='html'>Here are some videos of BOPLICITY's performance at Bangkok Jazz for my farewell gig on the 13th Jan 2008.  The featured clips are courtesy of Ben Lee and Ivy.. thanks to them for bringing their video camera!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BLUESANOVA - part 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ABQg27haBw&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ABQg27haBw&amp;amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BLUESANOVA - part 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Et19SMrp7eg&amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Et19SMrp7eg&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JUNE BUG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8QU8d4B1Iho&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8QU8d4B1Iho&amp;amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be adding at least one more soon!  So stay tuned!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-4623851578261940989?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/4623851578261940989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=4623851578261940989&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4623851578261940989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4623851578261940989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2008/02/jcs-one-nite-stand-on-youtube.html' title='JC&apos;s One Nite Stand on Youtube'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-1488344897696215725</id><published>2007-11-21T11:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T11:19:00.248+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apologies</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- NOTICE&lt;/span&gt; -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;First and foremost, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to those who might have tried to attend our Saturday show at the Top Room, and only to find the place closed.  Due to unforeseen circumstances, our show had to be cancelled on that day!  I hope this won't happen again!  My apologies for the inconvenience caused, and thank you for your understanding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Julian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Gig updates:&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;I've managed to get two more dates confirmed for the next several weeks.  One will be the end of this month, 29th November.  We'll be playing at La Bodega, Pavillion, but with a slightly different set-up due to scheduling difficulties with some of the members of the band.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;And there's Rick's Cafe Casablanca early December.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;So do stay tuned and I'll be posting more updates soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;See ya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-1488344897696215725?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/1488344897696215725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=1488344897696215725&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1488344897696215725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1488344897696215725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/11/apologies.html' title='Apologies'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-3393684741156308984</id><published>2007-11-06T16:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T17:06:29.420+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Updates - November 07</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Hi all,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;It's been a while since I managed to update this blog for the band, and my sincerest apologies for that.  I've been so swamped with a variety of things, and also some personal issues that I've had to try to settle over the past few months.  It's also been a while since the band last played.  So, here we are back again, after a 4-month plus hiatus since our last gig at Chill Wine Bar in July.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;We've been confirmed for four dates so far, two of them are in a weekend in November at Top Room, and the other two are at this new live jazz joint called Rick's Cafe Casablanca, for its live jazz on Thursdays.  It's located at one of the shophouses on One Bangsar, Jalan Ara, a pretty cool spot to be at, too!  This new joint serves some really nice Mediterranean food and some fusion.  As for the live jazz bands, that credit falls on my trumpet player Eddie Wen, as he's consulting for the owners of Rick's Cafe, where the live jazz entertainment is concerned (kudos Eds!).  It's quite a nice cozy joint, and so far admission is free for the live jazz on Thursdays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Anyway, it should be a blast, so here are the dates:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;8 Nov (Thursday) - Rick's Cafe Casablanca, One Bangsar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;16, 17 Nov (Friday and Saturday) - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://thetoproom.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Top Room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; @ Top Hat Restaurant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;6 Dec (Thursday) - Rick's Cafe Casablanca, One Bangsar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Anyway, check out this cool new poster I made using Pages on iWork on my Mac (I love this program.. easier to use than Photoshop!).  It was my first time using Pages, and I had to stretch my head for several hours trying to do this.  I hope it's nice!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RzAr5DwFWqI/AAAAAAAAAFs/IYcR2ycC9Ug/s1600-h/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RzAr5DwFWqI/AAAAAAAAAFs/IYcR2ycC9Ug/s320/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129648234834516642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Venues:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;The Top Room @ Top Hat Restaurant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;7 Jln Kia Peng, KL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Reservations: 03-21428611&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Rick's Cafe Casablanca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;One Bangsar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;63C Jalan Ara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Bangsar Baru KL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"&gt;Reservations: 03-22871618&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-3393684741156308984?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/3393684741156308984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=3393684741156308984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/3393684741156308984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/3393684741156308984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/11/updates-november-07.html' title='Updates - November 07'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RzAr5DwFWqI/AAAAAAAAAFs/IYcR2ycC9Ug/s72-c/Boplicity+Poster+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-7282066845145558088</id><published>2007-07-21T12:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T12:24:27.394+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cancellation..</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to some unforeseen circumstances, our performance at Top Room on the&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 3rd and 4th August&lt;/span&gt; has been cancelled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For updates on what will be happening there, please visit the Top Room &lt;a href="http://thetoproom.blogspot.com"&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We apologize for the inconvenience.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-7282066845145558088?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/7282066845145558088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=7282066845145558088&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/7282066845145558088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/7282066845145558088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/07/cancellation.html' title='Cancellation..'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-4740624433960628394</id><published>2007-07-08T04:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-08T05:18:23.674+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Speechless...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;What do you say when you know you've got one of the BEST jazz bands in town?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;.... NOTHING!!....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Because there's nothing than can be said that can describe how I feel about my band members!  If anything, I can say that I'm a very, VERY blessed musician... to have the opportunity to work with 4 of the most amazing musicians, and to have them in my band... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;OUR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; band!!  It goes to show for me, that a successful (and potentially kick-a$$) band does not need &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;all-star&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; players for it work!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;I've learned so much playing with this band for only these 7+ months.  I'm also grateful, that we also got a lot more opportunities to play a lot at these various jazz venues in town, making us play a whole lot more over the past 7-8 months... Top Room (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;DG+JD *wink* thanks!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;), Chill Wine Bar, Bangkok Jazz, Groove Junction, and some others..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Anyway, just to write a short account of our last gig at Chill Wine Bar the last two nights..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;The band was smokin' on Friday night!  We had Junji Delfino singing the two nights with us... so having Junji on board is always a pleasure, it's always plain fun, and also musically fulfilling!  What can we say when we have basically the best female jazz vocalist playing with us??  For some strange reason, I felt like I was on overdrive these two nights.  Of course, being so at home with these guys, playing was like riding a magic carpet!!  One of the more interesting things on Friday night, was when we started playing, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;usually-non-attentive-EH-LAKS-SIS-type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; crowd also sat in attention and started to listen and see what we were doing.  We commanded attention.. and it was something I've always intended to do when we play!  And I'm glad we did!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Last night was also good!  However, on Saturday night, we had Justin, Daniel and Wee Jon replacing the original cats for two sets, on piano, bass, and drums, respectively.  Those cats played exceptionally well doing Boplicity material, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;but without rehearsals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;!  When the original cats came over the the wine bar, we played the last set with the original line-up.. and I think we basically smoked the house down!  We played really crazy the last set, and I think it was evident, that the chemistry of our working relationship as a musical unit really stood out!  We only did &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; songs in the last set - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Bluesanova, Love You Long Time, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;June Bug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;.  In the first tune, we really stretched the tune much more than we usually did... and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;everyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; really did take it to the fifth dimension and back, even Eddie kicked butt on it!!!  Cher Siang played a killer solo on Love You Long Time (and the other songs, too!), going in-and-out of the harmony, with the right amount of tension-and-release, it was crazy enough to send chills up my spine!  I was relating to him after the set, that I probably had &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;multiple-mental-orgasms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; just listening to the whole band play their butts off!  With the last tune, we had Kevin Choo (my sax brutha!!) jam with us on that nice funky blues.. and we three horns traded solos like an ongoing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;mamak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; conversation!!  We ended the set with Junji doing a beautiful encore ballad, a duet with Cher Siang on piano!  Man.. what a crazy two-nighter it turned out to be!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;I'm so blessed with having these cats as band members... and as best friends, too!  Thank you...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;.. Thank you so much!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Well, the band will be taking a three week hiatus from the clubs, due to some scheduling.  But this is a great opportunity for us, as we're working on some new material before the our next show in Top Room on the first weekend of August.  So do stay tuned and hope to catch you then!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-4740624433960628394?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/4740624433960628394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=4740624433960628394&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4740624433960628394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4740624433960628394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/07/speechless.html' title='Speechless...'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-8949178733046407677</id><published>2007-07-04T15:26:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-04T15:27:41.112+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jazz Association of Malaysia (JAM) - Inaugural Meeting</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:American Typewriter;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Hi everyone,&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;Here's an important piece of news, I'd like to share.  We're having the inaugural meeting of the Jazz Association of Malaysia on Sunday, 8th July 2007, from 3pm -  5.30pm.  But I'll just let this little picture do da talkin'...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RoiXPG3y9BI/AAAAAAAAABg/tGFJD8Y5fB8/s1600-h/JAM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RoiXPG3y9BI/AAAAAAAAABg/tGFJD8Y5fB8/s320/JAM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082478465286075410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;If you have a passion for jazz and want to see that it is nurtured...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt; If you enjoy the freedom in jazz and want to make sure that it is heard...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;If you believe that jazz has the power to bring people together in a common bond... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;If you have something to share in the interest of building up the Malaysian jazz movement... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt; ...then come on the 8th of July and join JAM. Together let's stand up for jazz!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Futura;" &gt;For more information, ring 016 225 4868 or 016 322 9383.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;By the way, after all that  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;talking&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt; a lot about the music, you can actually fete your ears with some  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;REAL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt; music.. the regular Top Room Sunday Jazz Jam starts at 6pm!!  I'll definitely be there as well, giving my support, and also to play!!  After all, the music comes first!  So I hope to see you there.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"&gt;Show your support for the music.. and show your support for the jazz scene in KL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out http://jazzmalaysia.blogspot.com, the official blog-site for J.A.M!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-8949178733046407677?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/8949178733046407677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=8949178733046407677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/8949178733046407677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/8949178733046407677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/07/jazz-association-of-malaysia-jam.html' title='Jazz Association of Malaysia (JAM) - Inaugural Meeting'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/RoiXPG3y9BI/AAAAAAAAABg/tGFJD8Y5fB8/s72-c/JAM.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-1009609278255100363</id><published>2007-06-14T23:52:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-14T23:54:26.756+08:00</updated><title type='text'>CONTEST</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="gmail_quote"&gt;Hey all.. here's a gig update..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boplicity is playing the Top Room again this weekend!  So do come by and check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*trust Junji to come up with something interesting to write on the Top Room blog each time!!  Thanks Junji! ;)*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="q" id="q_1132ae8292f793b1_1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;What caption would you create for this photo of Julian Chan?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;  &lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/Rm21OGOgf-I/AAAAAAAAAN0/xQVA_hidWNU/s1600-h/DSC04240.JPG" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/Rm21OGOgf-I/AAAAAAAAAN0/xQVA_hidWNU/s320/DSC04240.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;   &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;A contest? That means got prize also right? What prize? Umm... how about a chance to blow on Julian's horn ... err ... using your own mouthpiece, of course. Aiyak! Somehow that didn't come out right. Ok, forget that one... how about free keropok all night at Top Room? [Eh, dey, Jazzmamak! ... keropok IS free at Top Room lah].&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erm... oookay... how about... a free photo op with the band for posting on The Top Room site and Julian Chan's site and Boplicity's site?? Ha! I think I'm well connected enough even to be able to swing a copy autographed by the five band members just for you! How about that?&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But that would mean that you have to be at Top Room this Friday and Saturday when Boplicity swings along. And that would also mean that you would have to actually &lt;a href="mailto:thetoproompresents@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;send your caption in&lt;/a&gt; before Thursday, 14th June, so that our panel of judges [that is... I, me &amp; myself :)] can go through the entries and pick the most inventive/creative caption of all! And should it be a tight contest, rest assured that the one that reduces Julian Chan to peals of unstoppable laughter will be declared the winner.&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;So don't forget...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boplicity is back at The Top Room this Friday &amp; Saturday. First set starts at 10:30 p.m. Cover charge is RM20nett. Ring 03-21428611 for reservations.&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;See you at The Top! &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetoproom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;http://www.thetoproom.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-1009609278255100363?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/1009609278255100363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=1009609278255100363&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1009609278255100363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1009609278255100363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/06/fwd-contest.html' title='CONTEST'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/Rm21OGOgf-I/AAAAAAAAAN0/xQVA_hidWNU/s72-c/DSC04240.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-1882845116201717768</id><published>2007-06-01T03:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T03:59:22.805+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Boplicity @ Chill Wine Bar</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Hey everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;We're back playing again this week, but this time at a more chill-out place at Chill Wine Bar, Plaza Damas.  Since it's a chill-out place, we're gonna be playing at a more chilled out pace.  Expect some usual tunes from our repertoire and some more jazz standards to enjoy your wine and dine.  Join the band - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Julian Chan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; on saxophones, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Eddie Wen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; on trumpet/flugelhorn, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Cher Siang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; on piano, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Vincent Ong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; on double bass, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Martin Ngim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; on drums - for three swinging, boppin' sets for two nights on Friday and Saturday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Also, we'll have special guest on vocals, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Junji Delfino&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;, to sing a few songs with us in our three-set show both nights.  Expect some sultry, powerful, soulful jazz from one of three &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;only&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; jazz singers in KL, and probably one of the best ones, at that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;In addition we're also gonna have young, upcoming pianist, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Wei Li&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt; sitting in for Cher Siang on Saturday night (as Cher Siang would be preparing for his wedding reception on Sunday).  Wei Li's a new cat on the scene, still studying in music college, but give him a couple of years, and he'll be one of the more hip up-and-coming pianist in town!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;So do come by and hang out and listen to the band this weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ IN KL!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"&gt;BOPLICITY @ Chill Wine Bar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Venue: Chill Wine Bar, Plaza Damas, Sri Hartamas (just before the Starbucks)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Date and Time: 1 and 2 June 2007 (Friday and Saturday), from 9.30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Admission: Free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-1882845116201717768?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/1882845116201717768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=1882845116201717768&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1882845116201717768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1882845116201717768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/06/boplicity-chill-wine-bar.html' title='Boplicity @ Chill Wine Bar'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-721229174710370994</id><published>2007-05-02T10:48:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T10:57:05.715+08:00</updated><title type='text'>QUINTUPLICITY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;No, it's not the title of a brand new Quentin Tarantino movie. Neither is it Izlyn Ramli's 5th album release. No, no. It's for them bopping band of five we fondly know as &lt;a href="http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt; Back at The Top this weekend, let &lt;a href="http://www.jcsax.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;Julian Chan&lt;/a&gt;, Cher Siang Tay, &lt;a href="http://www.jazzeddie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;  Eddie Wen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/vincentong" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;Vincent Ong&lt;/a&gt; &amp; Martin Ngim stir up your senses once again with those classic bop tunes by the giants that roamed our great jazz planet. Bop to The Top this Friday and Saturday and kick start your merry month o' May with Boplicity!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxYIMkrI/AAAAAAAAAJo/1Fp_M_zXF-8/s1600-h/DSC04064_1.JPG" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxYIMkrI/AAAAAAAAAJo/1Fp_M_zXF-8/s200/DSC04064_1.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmw4IMkpI/AAAAAAAAAJY/Mx9FqH7QygQ/s1600-h/Gina-2-with-Eye-to-eye.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmw4IMkpI/AAAAAAAAAJY/Mx9FqH7QygQ/s200/Gina-2-with-Eye-to-eye.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmx4IMktI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/UJtr2Q8cpHI/s1600-h/P1010050.JPG" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmx4IMktI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/UJtr2Q8cpHI/s200/P1010050.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxoIMksI/AAAAAAAAAJw/9aBYi_mb9qo/s1600-h/DSC03902.JPG" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxoIMksI/AAAAAAAAAJw/9aBYi_mb9qo/s200/DSC03902.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxIIMkqI/AAAAAAAAAJg/aq_XwwwlTuE/s1600-h/DSC04065_1.JPG" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxIIMkqI/AAAAAAAAAJg/aq_XwwwlTuE/s200/DSC04065_1.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt; The first set usually gets started at 10:30 p.m. [or whenever the first signs of human life begin to turn up]. Top Room operates until 2 a.m. but these dudes have been known to play well past the tolling of the bells. In fact, these boys are usually pumping adrenaline by the time the last note is played and they most likely will grab some grub in our favourite haunt opposite General Hospital for the now infamous "heart attack mee hoon". Well, can you think of a better place to have a heart attack then right across a hospital?? So, enjoy the soul food dished out by these dudes then join them for supper afterwards... Either way, I guarantee it'll prove to be a pleasant experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt; Cover charge is RM20 nett.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt; See you at The Top!  &lt;span class="sg"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span class="sg"&gt;-- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span class="sg"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetoproom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;http://www.thetoproom.blogspot.com &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;(Courtesy of &lt;a href="http://thetoproom.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Top Room&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-721229174710370994?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/721229174710370994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=721229174710370994&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/721229174710370994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/721229174710370994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/05/quintuplicity.html' title='QUINTUPLICITY'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hUj0DcgPmYk/RjYmxYIMkrI/AAAAAAAAAJo/1Fp_M_zXF-8/s72-c/DSC04064_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-8737782609953943435</id><published>2007-04-17T18:45:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T19:00:19.025+08:00</updated><title type='text'>New dates!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Hey boppers and jazzers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;I've just included more dates for the band, and if you've missed some of our previous shows, don't forget to catch some upcoming ones!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Here are the dates:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;4, 5 May 2007 (Fri and Sat) - &lt;a href="http://thetoproom.blogspot.com"&gt;The Top Room&lt;/a&gt; @ Top Hat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;1, 2 June 2007 (Fri and Sat) - Chill (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;new place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;), Plaza Damas, Sri Hartamas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;15, 16 June 2007 (Fri and Sat) - &lt;a href="http://thetoproom.blogspot.com"&gt;The Top Room&lt;/a&gt; @ Top Hat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;29, 30 June 2007 (Fri and Sat) - Groove Junction, Sri Hartamas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;5, 6 July 2007 (Fri and Sat) - Chill, Plaza Damas, Sri Hartamas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Anyway, this will probably be my only dates with the band, before I leave for New York.. I hope I can arrange some more gigs before then too!  But I'll also be pretty occupied with some other gigs along the way, but I hope to do be able to do a big show with the band.  Farewell show perhaps?  LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Will keep y'all posted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Anyway, please do come by for the stated shows, and don't forget to say Hi to the band guys, we'd love to hang out and chat with y'all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till the next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-8737782609953943435?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/8737782609953943435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=8737782609953943435&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/8737782609953943435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/8737782609953943435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-dates.html' title='New dates!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-4360552687219702745</id><published>2007-03-10T12:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-13T03:49:41.307+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Boplicity show @ Top Room!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Hey everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;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..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;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...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;If you wanna have a taste of New York... come by tonight to the Top Room, music starts from 10:30pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;**UPDATE**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" &gt;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!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" &gt;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!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" &gt;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!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" &gt;Till the next gig...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;**UPDATE 2**&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Read Chern Hwei's &lt;a href="http://violinuts.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-two-nights-with-boplicity.html"&gt;account&lt;/a&gt; about the Boplicity show last week.  He definitely had a ball of a time, and we had one ourselves having him on the show.  **&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Warning: Article contains expletives&lt;/span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-4360552687219702745?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/4360552687219702745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=4360552687219702745&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4360552687219702745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/4360552687219702745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/03/top-room-night-1.html' title='Boplicity show @ Top Room!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-5450896494612890942</id><published>2007-02-26T01:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T01:52:59.259+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Special update..</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Just a little update..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;This March 9 and 10 show at the Top Room, we've got a special guest joining us for both the evenings.  He's back from New York for Chinese New Year holidays, and he plays a mean violin.  His name is Fung Chern Hwei.. and he's probably one of the best Malaysian violin players in town.  I think we're gonna do some interesting stuff.. so do come by to the gig on March 9 and 10.  Check out the upcoming gigs column on your right for details...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-5450896494612890942?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/5450896494612890942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=5450896494612890942&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/5450896494612890942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/5450896494612890942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/02/special-update.html' title='Special update..'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-2732635500883135376</id><published>2007-02-18T01:14:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-18T01:16:44.829+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Chinese New Year!  GONG XI FA CAI!!</title><content type='html'>On behalf of the band, BOPLICITY wishes all of you a healthy and peaceful Chinese New Year!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;GONG XI! GONG XI!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;XIN NIAN KUAI LE!!  SHEN TI JIAN KANG!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-2732635500883135376?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/2732635500883135376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=2732635500883135376&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2732635500883135376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2732635500883135376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-chinese-new-year-gong-xi-fa-cai.html' title='Happy Chinese New Year!  GONG XI FA CAI!!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-3950105077732529404</id><published>2007-02-05T02:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T02:39:36.256+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Some plans for 2007!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Hey everyone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Just to let you know, we've got some interesting stuff lined up for the first half of the year!!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;As promised, I'm working on lining up some interesting gigs for the next couple of months, and some of them might happen too.  There'll definitely some shows at the Top Room (a weekend in March is confirmed), but there's a possibility of playing centerstage in an upcoming jazz festival, too.  So I'm crossing my fingers for that, and I hope you will too!!  There's also something in the works for a big show sometime before June.  More information will be posted, once we've worked things out.  But whatever it is, I do hope you will come over to watch us, and support us, and support the jazz scene in general.  I speak not just on behalf of the band, but for all jazz musicians in KL, that your support for the music and the arts is crucial, and very much appreciated!  There's much potential for jazz and the arts to flourish in Malaysia.  And when the scene flourishes and get richer, we'd really have a kick-butt scene!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;On a side note...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;As most of you will know, I'm already planning to leave for NYC in the middle of the year, so it seems that I also will have to leave this band for a couple of years.  But I'm quite sure I'll be leaving it in good hands.  I know... I just formed this band late last year, and I'm leaving this year.  Well, I've got my reasons.  But I just know it had to be formed, and also to play some kick-butt music for all of ya!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till then.. stay tuned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-3950105077732529404?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/3950105077732529404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=3950105077732529404&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/3950105077732529404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/3950105077732529404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/02/some-plans-for-2007.html' title='Some plans for 2007!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-2061413258507796465</id><published>2007-01-01T06:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T02:25:07.702+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year 2007!!!</title><content type='html'>On behalf of the band, I'd like to wish ALL of you a Happy New Year 2007!  I hope the new year started off with a bang for you, and I pray that you'll have a good 2007, and all your endeavours come to fruition!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm trying to work a lot more on the band this year, so pray for us, that we'll be getting quite a few gigs in and around town!  You'll be seeing us a lot more (at least for the first half of the year), I hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till then... &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Have a good New Year 2007!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-2061413258507796465?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/2061413258507796465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=2061413258507796465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2061413258507796465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2061413258507796465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-new-year-2007.html' title='Happy New Year 2007!!!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-845205165242468690</id><published>2006-12-29T16:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T16:27:53.483+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Room!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Hey everyone!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Counting down to the new year, means more music and more happening stuff happening!  To help countdown to the new year, we'll be playing tonight at The Top Room from 10.30pm onwards.  If you missed us the last coupla times, do come down tonight to check us out, enjoy some kick-butt jazz in KL, and celebrate the end of the year with us.  We hope we'll be getting more gigs and shows next year, and we'd really appreciate your support for us.. as well as the live jazz music scene.  I'll say no more.. I hope to see you at the gig!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;PS: Don't be shy and come say hi to the band (we're not gonna eat you, y'know!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Julian Chan's BOPLICITY @ Top Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/jcsax78/P1010050.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Date and Time: 29 Dec 2006 (Friday), 10:30pm onwards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venue: The Top Room @ Top Hat Restaurant, 7 Jln Kia Peng, KL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Admission: RM25++ with one drink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-845205165242468690?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/845205165242468690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=845205165242468690&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/845205165242468690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/845205165242468690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-room.html' title='Top Room!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-7646439524275056376</id><published>2006-12-15T21:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-15T21:21:41.911+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Next gig - Top Room!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I'm trying to put up a picture of the whole band, using Blogger Beta to load up, but it seems to be taking ages to do so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Anyway, just some gig updates... our next show will be at Top Room, end of this month, just short of New Year's.  It's gonna be a blast.  Click on the Calendar link at the Upcoming Performances column for more details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-7646439524275056376?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/7646439524275056376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=7646439524275056376&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/7646439524275056376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/7646439524275056376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/12/next-gig-top-room.html' title='Next gig - Top Room!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-200510392383581229</id><published>2006-11-10T14:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T03:47:24.380+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello from Singapore! *UPDATED*</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Hey all, reporting in from Singapore...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;.. the No Black Tie gig went great, even for a fairly quiet Tuesday night!  There were a few people there who were really excited to hear us, even though it was our FIRST show as this band!  You just don't know who's out there who will hear you and appreciate you for what you do!  Simple pleasures!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The band.. wow.. I mean, WOW!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Although we only rehearsed on that same Tuesday afternoon, the night's show was quite kick-a**, or at least it really felt like it!  Whether we really played good or not, well... we could've been.. or we're just pretty euphoric!  But everyone had a good time, and the energy each member of the band emitted was just magical!  And I definitely felt the music was good because of them!  Not bad for a first gig.  I'm really thrilled with this band, and I'm definitely looking forward to our next gig!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I'll be posting some pictures soon!  So do stay tuned.. and don't forget to check the Upcoming Performances section for updates of our gigs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;If you wish to be updated via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="mailto:jcsax78@yahoo.com"&gt;email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; newsletter, please email me, and I shall add you to our mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Later!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;"&gt;*UPDATED*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hey all, here are some pictures of the gig two weeks ago.  Sorry for the late updates, it's been a hectic week for me!  Lots of stuff happening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anyway, enjoy..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/1600/404444/P1010029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/320/820397/P1010029.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/1600/333364/P1010018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/320/113542/P1010018.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;The band (l-r): Cher Siang (pno), me (sax), Vincent (bass), Eddie (tpt), Martin (ds)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/1600/297434/P1010041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/320/316665/P1010041.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/1600/958536/P1010026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/952/451987807384517/320/455861/P1010026.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;...introducing Tay Cher Siang on piano!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-200510392383581229?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/200510392383581229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=200510392383581229&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/200510392383581229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/200510392383581229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/11/hello-from-singapore.html' title='Hello from Singapore! *UPDATED*'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-217521562549018621</id><published>2006-11-07T03:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T04:01:24.348+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Debut..</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Hey all.. check out our debut gig at No Black Tie tonight at 10pm!  No cover charge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Click on the Upcoming Performances calendar to check out more details on the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Hope to see you there, do come and show your support!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;SUPPORT LIVE JAZZ IN KL!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-217521562549018621?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/217521562549018621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=217521562549018621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/217521562549018621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/217521562549018621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/11/debut.html' title='Debut..'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-1861277556123097223</id><published>2006-11-07T02:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T04:11:56.661+08:00</updated><title type='text'>ENTER BOPLICITY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JULIAN CHAN'S BOPLICITY!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/span&gt;, a new jazz outfit formed by upcoming saxophonist, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Julian Chan,&lt;/span&gt; brings more bop music into the Malaysian music fold, when he saw the need to expose this usually unexplored territiory of Jazz music, to the ears of the growing Malaysian Jazz audience. Concentrating on the various styles of bop – ranging from the bebop, hardbop and even to the more contemporary sounds of post-bop – &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/span&gt; sticks true to what is known as the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“Blue Note”&lt;/span&gt; sound-style band – two horns (sax and trumpet), with a piano, bass, and drums rhythm section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/span&gt; is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Julian Chan&lt;/span&gt; on saxophones/flute, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Eddie Wen&lt;/span&gt; on trumpet and flugelhorns, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vincent Ong &lt;/span&gt;on double bass, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Martin Ngim&lt;/span&gt; on drums, and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cher Siang&lt;/span&gt; on piano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;JULIAN CHAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Julian Chan started playing the saxophone at 14, but only began playing professionally at the age of 21, after graduating in a degree in accounting from Perth, Western Australia. He began taking lessons from Malaysian-based English top jazz saxophonist Greg Lyons, after his return from his studies, and began playing in his various ensembles such as the 19-piece Emergency Break Ensemble, the jazz-funk band Biophonics, and The Greg Lyons Nonet, a 9-piece ensemble featuring Greg’s compositions and arrangements. Julian also played with various KL jazz luminaries, such as The David Gomes Quartet/Quintet, Julian Chan and David Gomes’ The KL Hardbop Band, Jose Thomas’ Groove Unction, Michael Veerapen, Farid Ali and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Currently, Julian runs several bands, from the (now defunct) Happy People Quintet, The Julian Chan Quartet, as well as The KL Hardbop Band (a collaboration between Julian Chan and David Gomes, featuring various hardbop-based music as well as David’s original compositions).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;EDDIE WEN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Eddie Wen started playing trumpet from high school, playing in high school bands, moving up to the local symphonic orchestras in KL, such as the PJ Youth Symphonic Band, KL Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphonic Orchestra, RTM Orchestra, Shah Alam Municipal Council Orchestra, and the Petronas Performing Arts Group. His path to jazz started out when he began learning and playing with Greg Lyons’ Biophonics in 2001, and eventually joining in Julian Chan’s Happy People Quintet. He then began playing in various other ensembles from Greg Lyon’s Nonet, jazz latino band Ireson, The David Gomes Quintet, The KL Hardbop Band and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;VINCENT ONG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;A graduate of the International College of Music, Vincent started playing bass professionally when he was still in college, and eventually formed his own band Black Machine in 2000, and eventually GruvAvenue in 2005 (and recorded their self-titled debut album). Vincent has played in various settings and in various hotel lounges, and club performances, as well as different jazz festivals in KL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Vincent has performed with various jazz artistes such as David Gomes, pianist Hakan Rydin, Sharizan, Rachel Guerzo, and various local jazz artistes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;MARTIN NGIM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;A relatively newcomer to the jazz scene, Martin began playing drums from 23. Starting out playing in funeral bands, he then moved on to playing drums in commercial bands in various top-40 pubs in and around town. Later on, Martin started to take lessons from top Malaysian drummer Lewis Pragasam, and joined some of his Asiabeat percussion ensembles in various shows. His foray into playing jazz began when he joined the JJ Jazz Ensemble in their debut concert in UPM, and played their subsequent shows in various clubs in town. Learning as he went along, he began playing in some jazz groups in KL, such as the Happy People Quintet, Julian Chan Quartet, Rachel Guerzo, Greg Lyons’ MezzaJazz.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;and introducing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;TAY CHER SIANG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Tay Cher Siang started his piano lessons just like most people, learning classical music. He took up an interest in Jazz during his teenage years and began to pursue his musical journey as a jazz pianist. He received his Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from West Virginia University and continued to get his Masters Degree in Jazz Pedagogy, studying under Dr. Miltenberger and Professor Scea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;His achievements include winning the WVU Young Artist Competition in 2004, recipient of the HERF Top-Off Award and the Valerie Canady Award. He was the Graduate Assistant for the Jazz Department in WVU where he got the chance to direct the college's Jazz Big Band and various Small Group Ensembles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Throughout the years, Mr. Tay performed regularly as a soloist, as well as with ensembles such as the WVU Big Band, the Mon River Big Band, the Jenny Menna Trio, the Washington Street Jazz Band, and the WVU Wind Symphony Orchestra. He also performed regularly in Malaysia, China , and the United States.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-1861277556123097223?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/1861277556123097223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=1861277556123097223&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1861277556123097223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/1861277556123097223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/11/enter-boplicity.html' title='ENTER BOPLICITY!'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702684118093964216.post-2510593457386610681</id><published>2006-10-31T02:26:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T02:28:27.936+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The beginning..</title><content type='html'>This is the start of my new project band &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BOPLICITY&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch out this space for more on the band...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3702684118093964216-2510593457386610681?l=julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/2510593457386610681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3702684118093964216&amp;postID=2510593457386610681&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2510593457386610681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3702684118093964216/posts/default/2510593457386610681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://julianchanboplicity.blogspot.com/2006/10/beginning.html' title='The beginning..'/><author><name>Julian Chan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00816420993104386717</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLcdy-QQtmw/S8_W86sxV-I/AAAAAAAAAS0/Cp8X0Fhnv5g/S220/JC_Alexis_Yin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
