Hot off the editing machine is this slideshow honoring the 1977 International Hotel Anti-Eviction Struggle that features new song selections, including in order of appearance: a traditional kulintang song, "Kasulampid", our first Kul Jazz tune, "The Birth of Kul", and…Read more
Welcome to Kul Jazz
The Autonomous Region performs both classic standards and modern arrangements of jazz favorites. Led by vocalist Caroline Cabading, this tradition-rooted ensemble also presents original compositions that fuse jazz with kulintang, a pre-colonial music of the Philippines.
Staying Awake and Protecting Sown Seeds
So much has happened to the Autonomous crew in just a week's time!
We've gone from spontaneous hula at Leap Year baby Raymond's "11th" birthday party at the I-Hotel on February 27th . . . to musically celebrating African-American…
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The Manilatown Jazz Scene
Our first performance of 2016 (January 31st) was also the first Club Mandalay PopUp jazz club of the year at the I-Hotel Center - and boy did we start the year off great with a packed house of familiar and…Read more
When Manilatown Swung: The Manila Serenaders
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International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco
Please join The Autonomous Region (aka the Manilatown Jazz Ensemble) as we step into the sounds and stories of San Francisco’s historic Manilatown for an afternoon of live jazz, archival photographs, family memories, and community Talk Story at the International Hotel Manilatown Center.
When Manilatown Swung: The Manila Serenaders launches a new chapter of Club Mandalay: Music, Memory & Manilatown, a gathering where live performance, archival history, and community storytelling come together to bring the many eras of Manilatown to life.
The Manila Serenaders traveled across the United States in the 1930s. Their tours covered 26 states, and for many of their shows, they opened for popular swing and jazz bandleaders like Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway, Lawrence Welk, and Louis Armerrstrong. They also performed at the famous Coconut Ballroom in Salt Lake City, UT.
Throughout the gathering, The Autonomous Region will bring these histories back into sound with live musical interludes inspired by the era.
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