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All that Jazz: The music lives here
Postpandemic, the audience at Tago Jazz has been growing bigger and becoming better listeners. —PHOTOS TAKEN IN 2022 BY ERNESTO V. ENRIQUE
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February 5, 2024February 5, 2024Music

All that Jazz: The music lives here

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Second of two parts Perhaps the most resolute of the bar owners is Nelson Gonzales, drummer and owner of Tago Jazz on Main Avenue in Cubao, Quezon City, which is turning out to be jazz’s permanent home address. Open from Friday to Sunday for evening shows, Tago is the stage to be for jazz musicians...

All that Jazz: The wow in the now
Masters of storytelling (from left): Saulog, Gonzales, Harder, Vinoya, Infante and Saison —PHOTOS BY JOEY DE CASTRO
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February 4, 2024February 4, 2024Music

All that Jazz: The wow in the now

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First of two parts On a cool Sunday afternoon in late January, they gathered at the rooftop of the nondescript NCC Building in Mandaluyong City: keyboardists Elhmir Saison and Butch Saulog, guitarists Riki Gonzales and Rey Infante, drummer Rey Vinoya, and bassist Dave Harder. It was clear from the jazz supergroup lineup—first-call musicians all—that there’d...