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The Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival (colloquially as, P.I.Jazzfest) is a music festival that takes place in the Philippines.Formerly called the Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival, the event is organized by the PIJazz Foundation and presents international jazz musicians along with prominent Philippine jazz and world artists.
Manila sound is styled as catchy and melodic, with smooth, lightly orchestrated, accessible folk/soft rock, sometimes fused with funk, light jazz and disco.However, broadly speaking, it includes quite a number of genres (e.g. pop, vocal music, soft rock, folk pop, disco, soul, Latin jazz, funk etc.), and should therefore be best regarded as a period in Philippine popular music rather than as a ...
Johnny Alegre Affinity. The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY is a jazz group originating from the Philippines. It is led by self-taught Philippine guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, together with bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko Bermejo, pianist Elhmir Saison and saxophonist Tots Tolentino. The ensemble first gathered in May 2002 at Manila ’s ...
Manila sound. Manila sound is a musical genre that began in the mid-1970s in the city of Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s. It is often considered the "bright side" of the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country, being the forerunner to OPM .
P. Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival. Categories: Music festivals in the Philippines. Jazz festivals by country. Pinoy jazz.
In May 2008 Clamor and eight jazz musicians and bands appeared at the 3rd Annual Miri International Jazz Festival at Parkcity Everly Hotel in Sarawak, Malaysia. In November 2008, Clamor released My Harana: A Filipino Serenade, touring America and the Philippines. In September 2009, Jazzipino was released with a tour in the Philippines.
Johnny Alegre is a member of FILSCAP and tenured with the Philippine International Jazz and Arts Festival as a consultant. He is an active Wikimedian advocate that includes WikiProject Jazz . As Juan Bautista H. Alegre, he is a Rotary Club past president (Makati Rockwell, [29] [30] Rotary International District 3830), [31] [32] [33] and was ...
Luis Francisco Borromeo Veloso (October 10, 1879 - January 21, 1947), [2] also known as Borromeo Lou, was a Filipino jazz musician and entertainer. Known as the "King of Jazz" in the Philippines, Borromeo popularized the music genre of jazz in the Philippines. He is also noted for popularizing bodabil, a Filipinized variation of the Western ...