The San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival is a proud member of JazzPhil-USA and is the Northern California Chapter of the Jazz Society of the Philippines, U.S.A. We share a common vision of presenting Filipino-American jazz to the world community.
The San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival plans to hold the following events annually:
- * Annual Filipino-American Jazz Festival
- * Periodic Jazz Clinics and Workshops
- * Annual Flip Nuñez and Rudy Tenio Scholarships for Jazz Studies
- * Annual Talent Search
- * Annual Lifetime Achivement Award
JazzPhil-USA presents talented jazz artists of Filipino descent not only to the many Filipino-American communities throughout the United States, but also to mainstream American jazz audiences. JazzPhil-USA supports the academic and professional development of Filipino-American jazz artists, and fosters camaraderie among musicians and fans of every persuasion, bound in a common appreciation of jazz. The organization pursues the establishment of local chapters in cities and states where there is a significant Filipino-American population.
For more information on the Jazz Society of the Philippines, U.S.A. Chapter, also known as JazzPhil-USA and the Southern California Filipino-American Jazz Festival, please visit this web site. Visit their site in MySpace: www.myspace.com/jazzphilusa
Based on Richie Quirino's book, Pinoy Jazz Traditions, which won the 2004 National Book Award in the music category, PINOY JAZZ is a 58-minute video documentary that provides the first-ever documentation of the development of jazz in the Philippines, from its infancy in 1898, when Filipinos were first exposed to Black music performed by African-American soldiers, to its present-day maturity in which musicians are turning to indigenous sources for inspiration. Incorporating historical still-photography, turn-of-the-century film footage, maps, old recordings, present-day performances and interviews with veteran and conteporary musicians, the video presents an eye-opening view into an almost-forgotten history of the art of jazz as it developed in the Philippines over the last century.