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Welcome, friends, to www.mikeallemana.com
7/6/2008
Wow!!. This is cool. I was voted by the readers of the Chicago Reader as best jazz soloist in 2008. Thanks to everyone who voted for me. I am honored to be in the minds of jazz fans considering all the great players in Chicago. Don't miss this one: Paulinho Garcia at SPACE with myself, Scott Burns on sax, and percussionists Heitor Garcia and Geraldo de Oliveira, 8pm hit. This will be a great night of music. This same band played at College of DuPage in June, and it was a big success. Also, the Mike Allemana 4tet is at the Lakseshore Arts Festival on Sunday, August 3rd at 3pm. It's been a very exciting time for me musically. I have been involved in a lot of new projects lately. The 2 projects you should look out for are: Come Sunday--a new jazz/gospel group that is 4 voices, Bill Brickey, Sue Demel, Lindsay Weinberg, and Alton Smith, with a jazz trio, myself on guitar, Al Ehrich on bass, and drummer Lenny Marsh. Alll the arrangements are by yours truly. We will be playing at the July 13th Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School. Look for it and don't miss this performance. More to come with this group. The Regulators--A new band I am doing with Jordan Baskin on keys, Matt Ferguson on the pork chop, and Funky Gerald Dowd on the drums. This group is an extension of the set ending funk jam we do with the Model Citizens big band. It's mostly spontaneous funk grooves with a couple original compositions mixed in. Our first gig will be Thursday, September 11, at the Velvet Lounge. Looking forward to that one. The Quartet CD, "Inner Rhythm" is available, and you can go to CD Baby to get it. Gingi and I have also finally released our new CD, "The Night's Womb and the Morning Sun," which can also be found on CD Baby.
Peace,
Mike Allemana
(photo by Michael Jackson)
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