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‘Jam for Japan’ a roaring success
By Pinky Aseron
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:03:00 04/03/2011
Filed Under: Music, Disasters (general)
All it took was a Facebook page announcing a benefit concert for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
In less than a week, some 30 local and international acts representing different musical genres had signed up for “Jam for Japan,” the fundraiser held Friday night at the Ayala Museum.
A roaring success, the six-hour gig raised P17.5 million in corporate and individual donations, on top of ticket sales.
Ayala Corp. led the major donors. Its chair and CEO, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, mingled with the crowd.
More money is expected to flow in. Employees of Ayala Corp. and its affiliates are sending their contributions through salary deductions. “We have not counted that yet,” said Bill Luz, executive director of Ayala Museum, which allowed free use of its lobby for the concert.
A simultaneous “Jam for Japan” was held at The Red Lion Pub & Inn in Baguio City. Organizers said it was also successful.
Still another “Jam” will be mounted next week in San Francisco, California, by Filipino musician Carlos Zialcita, executive director of the San Francisco Pinoy Jazz Fest.
The audience at the Ayala Museum was treated to an invigorating mix of musical styles: acid soul (Capo), soul/R&B (Caz, Vincent Bueno), Pinoy progressive rock (Baked Love, Fuseboxx), reggae and funk (Julien Drolon), pop (Dulce, France Jancie, Top Suzara, Phyllum, The Late Isabel), pop vocals with guitar (Marie Digby, Albert de Pano), pop-jazz (Castro, Johnny Alegre and Absolute Zero, Nicole and Carlo, Aisaku Yokogawa), jazz piano with vocals (Kit de Castro and Norman Landsberg), blues guitar (Mel Orosa and 10-year-old Luis Galang), blues rock (Nino Mendoza and the Blue Jean Junkies), and electronic rock (Turbo Goth).
Prominent figures in the local jazz, samba and bossa nova circle turned up to support the cause: Sandra Lim-Viray & Jazz For Kicks, The CompanY, Jacqui Magno, Pat Castillo, Miguel and Evelyn Juteau of Aquarela, Sitti, Eileen Sison and Guarana, and Escola de Samba de Manila which lent the show a festive air.
“Jam for Japan” started when Viray, head of the Philippine International Jazz Foundation (Pijazz) spoke by phone to Evelyn Juteau who was with husband Miguel in Tokyo during the earthquake. Juteau persuaded Viray to consider organizing a benefit gig for victims of the earthquake-tsunami double whammy.
The ball got rolling when Viray called Luz, who readily agreed to hold the concert at the Ayala Museum, where the sixth Pijazzfest had its gala night recently.
Viray also called Agnes Suarez, whose outfit SATB likewise didn’t hesitate to provide free use of audio and musical equipment.
Food for all
M Café beside the Ayala Museum sponsored food for the artists and production staff and donated its net sales for that evening to the cause.
Dong Alegre, executive producer of “Miss Saigon” in Manila, directed the show.
Among the program highlights was the performance of Japanese-Irish singer-songwriter Marie Digby who, seeing pictures of the earthquake’s aftermath on the video screen, turned emotional while thanking the crowd for their help.
The sister-and-brother duo Nicole and Carlo obviously took after their father, world-class talent Mon David, as they did a cool mash-up of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Rainbow Connection.”
The CompanY, with guitarist Albert De Pano, sang feel-good tunes like James Taylor’s “Your Smiling Face” and the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.”
Uplifting songs
“We wanted to sing something to lift people’s spirits amid this tragedy,” said the group’s Moy Ortiz and Annie Quintos-Uy. “It was more the giving of one’s self to the cause that mattered, and not so much what one stood to gain from it.”
The night’s show-stopper was 10-year-old rock and blues guitar prodigy Luis Galang.
Luz was apparently overwhelmed at the outpouring of support, saying he felt it was serendipitous: “It took only a few phone calls, then help kept pouring in. The idea just snowballed!”
He added: “Most amazing, I think, were the friendships formed along the way. A lot of us didn’t know one another until tonight. And that’s all because we had one thing in in mind—that was to help.”
By Pinky Aseron
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:03:00 04/03/2011
Filed Under: Music, Disasters (general)
All it took was a Facebook page announcing a benefit concert for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
In less than a week, some 30 local and international acts representing different musical genres had signed up for “Jam for Japan,” the fundraiser held Friday night at the Ayala Museum.
A roaring success, the six-hour gig raised P17.5 million in corporate and individual donations, on top of ticket sales.
Ayala Corp. led the major donors. Its chair and CEO, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, mingled with the crowd.
More money is expected to flow in. Employees of Ayala Corp. and its affiliates are sending their contributions through salary deductions. “We have not counted that yet,” said Bill Luz, executive director of Ayala Museum, which allowed free use of its lobby for the concert.
A simultaneous “Jam for Japan” was held at The Red Lion Pub & Inn in Baguio City. Organizers said it was also successful.
Still another “Jam” will be mounted next week in San Francisco, California, by Filipino musician Carlos Zialcita, executive director of the San Francisco Pinoy Jazz Fest.
The audience at the Ayala Museum was treated to an invigorating mix of musical styles: acid soul (Capo), soul/R&B (Caz, Vincent Bueno), Pinoy progressive rock (Baked Love, Fuseboxx), reggae and funk (Julien Drolon), pop (Dulce, France Jancie, Top Suzara, Phyllum, The Late Isabel), pop vocals with guitar (Marie Digby, Albert de Pano), pop-jazz (Castro, Johnny Alegre and Absolute Zero, Nicole and Carlo, Aisaku Yokogawa), jazz piano with vocals (Kit de Castro and Norman Landsberg), blues guitar (Mel Orosa and 10-year-old Luis Galang), blues rock (Nino Mendoza and the Blue Jean Junkies), and electronic rock (Turbo Goth).
Prominent figures in the local jazz, samba and bossa nova circle turned up to support the cause: Sandra Lim-Viray & Jazz For Kicks, The CompanY, Jacqui Magno, Pat Castillo, Miguel and Evelyn Juteau of Aquarela, Sitti, Eileen Sison and Guarana, and Escola de Samba de Manila which lent the show a festive air.
“Jam for Japan” started when Viray, head of the Philippine International Jazz Foundation (Pijazz) spoke by phone to Evelyn Juteau who was with husband Miguel in Tokyo during the earthquake. Juteau persuaded Viray to consider organizing a benefit gig for victims of the earthquake-tsunami double whammy.
The ball got rolling when Viray called Luz, who readily agreed to hold the concert at the Ayala Museum, where the sixth Pijazzfest had its gala night recently.
Viray also called Agnes Suarez, whose outfit SATB likewise didn’t hesitate to provide free use of audio and musical equipment.
Food for all
M Café beside the Ayala Museum sponsored food for the artists and production staff and donated its net sales for that evening to the cause.
Dong Alegre, executive producer of “Miss Saigon” in Manila, directed the show.
Among the program highlights was the performance of Japanese-Irish singer-songwriter Marie Digby who, seeing pictures of the earthquake’s aftermath on the video screen, turned emotional while thanking the crowd for their help.
The sister-and-brother duo Nicole and Carlo obviously took after their father, world-class talent Mon David, as they did a cool mash-up of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Rainbow Connection.”
The CompanY, with guitarist Albert De Pano, sang feel-good tunes like James Taylor’s “Your Smiling Face” and the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.”
Uplifting songs
“We wanted to sing something to lift people’s spirits amid this tragedy,” said the group’s Moy Ortiz and Annie Quintos-Uy. “It was more the giving of one’s self to the cause that mattered, and not so much what one stood to gain from it.”
The night’s show-stopper was 10-year-old rock and blues guitar prodigy Luis Galang.
Luz was apparently overwhelmed at the outpouring of support, saying he felt it was serendipitous: “It took only a few phone calls, then help kept pouring in. The idea just snowballed!”
He added: “Most amazing, I think, were the friendships formed along the way. A lot of us didn’t know one another until tonight. And that’s all because we had one thing in in mind—that was to help.”
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