Pinoy jazz artists earn praise in LA Times
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DON HECKMAN, veteran jazz critic of the Los Angeles Times, praised Filipino jazz artists in his review of the third annual Fil-Am Jazz Festival at the Catalina Bar & Grill in LA.
Charmaine Clamor, founder and chair of JazzPhil-USA, shared the good news. Heckman, a respected authority on America’s jazz scene who has been reviewing jazz concerts and albums for many years, wrote, “Although singer Charmaine Clamor has begun to get some much-deserved attention as an appealing new arrival, many of the other artists are best known in their native Philippines. But surprise! The program was a delight, a nonstop string of first-rate performances testifying to the high quality of Philippine musical talent as well as to the global reach of jazz.”
Heckman penned very favorable comments for each artist in the show’s lineup:
