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...
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Portraits in Jazz: Tots Tolentino in the cool of the moment
(First of a series) EDITOR’S NOTE: With this piece, Jocelyn de Jesus starts a series of portraits resulting from conversations with stellar Filipino jazz practitioners—“in full bloom in their 60s and 70s,” she says, and “changing the game one gig at a time.” Mario “Tots” Tolentino’s household-name status in contemporary Philippine music is undisputed, having...