February 24: Philippine International Jazz Festival
January 19, 2007Date: February 24 (Saturday)
Featured Artists:
Mon David and Johnny Alegre AFFINITY
With
Diane Schuur
Eldar
Royal Hartigan Trio
Dreamgirls
Time: 7 in the evening
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Album Review: Nice Soothing Music from Candid
by BABY A. GIL (Sounds Familiar)
The Philippine Star
December 27, 2006
A time for peace and quiet is what we all wish for during that holiday lull after Christmas Day and before New Year’s Eve. Of course, the right sort of music helps set the atmosphere and I am happy to say that two interesting CDs from Candid Records were what did the trick for me this year.
Now I said, earlier that I listened to two CDs yesterday. One is Marcos’ and the other one is My One and Only Love by Mon David. The latter is more serious jazz stuff but I am really happy to see that David who won the 2006 London International Jazz Competition for Vocalists goes full blast into jazz with this one. Given the realities facing jazz artists in this country, it was no surprise that David dabbled in other types of music in the past. But that prize from London is the real thing and My One and Only Love is proof that he deserves every bit of it.
David takes on the whole route. He is producer, singer and songwriter in English, Filipino and Kapampangan. His own works are Let Go, ’Yan ang Pinoy! Abe Mu Ku, Nasa ’yo, I Listen to You and Soulitude. Then there are the standards which are the titles he performed in London, My One and Only Love, Skylark, Waltz for Debby, Very Early and Alone Together which he performs with the wonderfully voiced Bituin Escalante. The arrangements are excellent and David’s singing is perfection, his best ever. The guys who worked on this album really know their jazz.
