PHILIPPINE POP

MUSIC
AND
PHILIPPINE JAZZ
PHILIPPINE POP MUSIC

 started as an adaptation or
translation of Western hits
 started by two musicians;
Bobby Gonzales and Rico J.
Puno
BOBBY GONZALES
 Philippine Pop Music started with Bobby
Gonzales’ Hahabol-habol (Hot Pursuit),
a local version of the rock and roll songs
of the 1950s
RICO J. PUNO
 Philippine Pop Music also started with
Rico J. Puno’s Luneta, a local adaption of
The Way We Were.
MANILA
 MANILA SOUND
 started in the mid-1970s which gave rise to
songs using colloquial language called
Taglish, a combination of Tagalog and
English.
 These Filipino lyrics sung to pop melodies
resulted in highly singable songs with
contemporary appeal.
 HOTDOG CINDERELLA

MANILA SOUND PROPONENTS

THE RAINMAKERS APO HIKING SOCIETY

PHILIPPINE JAZZ
 Philippine musicians have also
been inspired by jazz music
 The Katindig family, a well-known
clan of musicians, pioneered Latin
jazz in Manila.
BOY KATINDIG ROMY KATINDIG EDDIE KATINDIG
Jazz Pianist and Jazz Piano Legend Saxophonist
Recording Artist
 NOTABLE PHILIPPINE JAZZ MUSICIANS

Lito Molina and the Angel Peña Emil Mijares

Jazz Friends
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN JAZZ PIANIST

Bobby Enriquez