KK Jazz Festival – Workshop
Date : Saturday 15 June 2013
Time : 9am – 11am
Venue : Kian Kok Middle School
Jazz Piano
Kelly Ottoway
Keyboardist and Arranger
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Kelly Ottaway is a pianist, keyboardist and vibraphonist specializing in jazz and improvised music. He has been the recipient of two Arts Tasmania grants and a Musicians Union of Tasmania study scholarship, and won the 2006 Jack Duffy Award for Outstanding Musicians. In 2008, Kelly was a finalist in the 2008 APRA‐Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Big Band Composition Competition.
Kelly’s primary interests are jazz composition / arranging and leading his jazz nonet, Modern Operative. He has performed for more than ten years with leading Australian artists in jazz, funk and soul. Recent collaborations includework with big band leader David Theak, jazz singer Kristin Berardi and trombonist Dan Barnett. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma of Music from the Tasmanian Conservatorium and has postgraduate qualifications in Arranging through Berklee College USA.
Jazz Guitar
Johnny Allegre
Guitarist and composer
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Guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, jazz journeyman and recording artist from the Philippines. Albums released under Candid Records and MCA Music. His pioneering musical projects, defying barriers of genre, demographics and cultural stereotypes, include AFFINITY that was launched in 2005 amid favorable reviews in England’s mainstream jazz publications and two sold-out engagements in London’s PizzaExpress Jazz Club.
Alegre’s was later introduced to a mainstream American jazz audience in Hollywood’s Catalina Bar in 2007 that earned him a favorable notice in the Los Angeles Times. The outing led him to a U.S. trio recording joined by Billy Hart (drums) and Ron McClure (bass), two of America’s living jazz legends. Johnny Alegre thereafter formed HUMANFOLK in 2008, a World-Fusion ensemble that incorporates Alegre’s rich palette of tonal colors. These efforts are officially released on disc and made available as well in iTunes, Amazon, and other online distribution venues.
