Johnny Alegre

thumb|right|L-R: bassist Ron McClure, guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, drummer Billy Hart Juan Bautista H. Alegre III (born June 4, 1955), known professionally as Johnny Alegre, is a jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines. He leads the jazz group Johnny Alegre Affinity and the world music group Humanfolk. Quotes One of my fondest childhood recollections is spinning 7” vinyl records on my plastic turntable, an RCA 45-EY. Becoming a composer-musician and recording artist was a natural recourse and fruition. All Jazzed Up with Guitarist-Composer Johnny Alegre I was stuck somewhere between originality and no gigs. My own colleagues called me the conceptualist, the maverick with the only too occasional stadium concert. ‘Johnny Alegre 3’: Journey of a jazz hound I was just a kid inventing my own guitar chords because I did not have a teacher. Whatever sounded good to me was effectively correct. There were no rules. Johnny Alegre revives underground radio hit As one who wrote interesting stories — whimsical stories, perhaps — and who drew whimsical maps and landscapes across a long canvas. Is this real enough? I also wish to be remembered as a Filipino, most of all. The Jazz Journeyman External links Category:Jazz musicians Category:Living people Category:1955 births Category:People from Manila Category:Musician stubs