Contemporary Jazz in the Philippines

Contemporary Jazz in the Philippines: 1970 to the Year 2010 by Richie Quirino (Anvil)

In the third volume of his chronicle of Pinoy jazz, musician and writer Richie Quirino takes the story of this unlikely art form up to the present era. The previous volumes "Pinoy Jazz Traditions" (2004) and "Mabuhay Jazz: Jazz in Postwar Philippines" (2008) relied extensively on interviews with surviving musicians and archival sources.

"Contemporary Jazz," however, gives a fuller and livelier account of the local jazz scene. After all, the author was an active participant during the birth of Pinoy jazz fusion in the 1970s, and its resurgence in the last decade.

Taken in its entirety, the series illuminates a heretofore obscure corner of Filipino culture, and confirms our genius for adapting foreign forms to our own needs and tastes. Eric S. Caruncho

Cover Art Painting by internationally renowned artist and Presidential Medal of Merit Awardee Juvenal Sansó. Book design by Desktype Asia Design Studio