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From left: Lisa Sung, Andrew Bishop, and Tom Knific. PHOTOS COURTESY OF NELSON GONZALES
From left: Lisa Sung, Andrew Bishop, and Tom Knific —PHOTOS COURTESY OF NELSON GONZALES
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February 28, 2026February 28, 2026Music

Portraits in Jazz: One Night with the Lisa Sung Trio

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Twenty-second of a series It was a night unlike many others in the city’s jazz haven at Tago. Headlining the Valentine weekend was a visiting Korean American pianist—a slight gentlewoman who brimmed more with the energy of a college senior than a mother of six. The Lisa Sung Trio—featuring Lisa on keys, Andrew Bishop on...

Portraits in Jazz: Tago is Nelson Gonzales’ happy madness
Screenshot of Nelson Gonzales’ online interview by indie media outlet
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August 28, 2024January 8, 2025Music

Portraits in Jazz: Tago is Nelson Gonzales’ happy madness

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Little surprise that the confluence of Ghost Month and Mercury retrograde dredges up the unlikeliest memories.  It was typhoon season in 2012 when we found ourselves at the newly opened Tago waiting for the downpour to subside after an ill-timed meetup with a handful of friends ran well into the night. Two things stood out...

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, 2024January 8, 2025Music

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...