Ping Joaquin - A Lifetime of Jazz Piano

Introduction Why the book is being written. The main reason I am writing this book is that as a Jazz musician and bandleader no one has even featured him as one of the better known Filipino Jazz pianists who began his career before the Pacific War of 1941. Aside from the fact that his role as Jazz musician in Philippine society was historically significant to a nation's growth, Jazz musicians played vital roles in the country's development after the war. Ooooo Contents 1 Birth - p8 2 Formal Education - p12 3 A "Cruise Line" Pianist - p18 4 The Joaquins - Artists all - p26 5 Ping Tries Corporate Life - p29 6 Ping Meets Sarah - p41 7 Ping Tried to Adjust to Domesticated Life as Family Man - p48 8 Manila Liberated in 1945 - p49 9 Brothers Caught Smuggling - p53 10 Ping Plays American and other Western Music for Prisoners of War - p56 11 The Portuguese Dancer and Impressario who all the years Directed the Program of Clover Theatre decides to retire. - p61 12 1945 Liberation Period in Manila - US Military Hires Ping and Sarah to Entertain Troops - p68