- Emil Mijares
Emil Mijares (
March 16 ,1935 –October 15 ,2007 ) was an award-winning Filipinojazz music ian.Mijares was born in 1935, and grew up in
Roxas City in the province ofCapiz . He emerged in the 1950s as a jazz vibist and pianist, and was a musical director on Filipino television, as well as a composer, arranger, bandleader and producer. [ [http://www.jazzsociety.ph/html/reviewarchive5.html Interview: Emil Mijares] , Jazz Society of the Philippines (USA).]Known as the "grandfather of Philippines jazz", Mijares was the musical director for the
Metro Manila Popular Music Festival in 1978, and won the Aliw Award for best jazz performer (1983) and best musical director (1985), and in 2004 was granted a Lifetime Achievement Award by Los Angeles-based Filipino-American magazine "Celebrity Chronicle". [ [http://www.jazzphil-usa.com/lifetimeachievement.htm Lifetime Achievement] , Filipino-American Jazz Festival.]Mijares’ career continued on until the late 1980s when he left the Philippines and migrated to the
United States . He remained active musically in theLos Angeles area until he was taken ill in 2007 and passed away at the age of 72. In his honor, the Jazz Society of the Philippines in the United States named their annual scholarship grant program the Emil Mijares Scholarship. [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=16944 JazzPhil-USA Inaugurates the Annual Emil Mijares Scholarship] , "All About Jazz ",January 26 ,2008 .]References
External links
* [http://www.emilmijares.com www.emilmijares.com - Official web site]
*MySpace|212933336|Emil Mijares
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