Crossing East: Filipino Guitarist Angelo Pizarro

From: Dmae Roberts
Length: 04:58

Angelo Pizarro comes from a musical family. Born in the Philippines, he shares Filipino folk, jazz, and blues with the Seattle music scene. Read the full description.

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Playing: Crossing East: Filipino Guitarist Angelo Pizarro
From: Dmae Roberts

Avpapiwfscpic_small Angelo Pizarro, Guitar Player and Composer writes and performs improvisational acoustic and electric guitar music, mixing the traditional sounds of his Filipino heritage with the electrified funk and rock of his youth. He has performed for audiences in Washington, Oregon, California, Missouri and Virginia and recently debuted his self-produced solo album, Serendipity available at angelopizarro.com. This five-minute feature is part of the Crossing East Asian American History series. It is an evergreen, self-contained module with intro and outro/credits.

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Angelo Pizarro, Guitar Player and Composer writes and performs improvisational acoustic and electric guitar music, mixing the traditional sounds of his Filipino heritage with the electrified funk and rock of his youth. He has performed for audiences in Washington, Oregon, California, Missouri and Virginia and recently debuted his self-produced solo album, Serendipity available at angelopizarro.com. This five-minute feature is part of the Crossing East Asian American History series. It is an evergreen, self-contained module with intro and outro/credits.

Broadcast History

Produced as newsfill as part of the Crossing East Asian American History series. Only stations that didn't run NPR news aired this feature.

Transcript

Angelo Pizarro Script -
DMAE: I?M DMR WITH THE CROSSING EAST MUSIC FEATURE?

GUITARIST ANGELO PIZARRO LIVES IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. HE SAYS TO THE UNTRAINED EAR, FILIPINO GUITAR CAN SOUND MUCH LIKE SPANISH FLAMENCO

ANGELO: It?s pretty close because sometimes they think I?m playing flamenco when I?m just trying to play my Filipino music. Flamenco is more like?.

PLAYS FLAMENCO EXAMPLE

ANGELO: ?but Filipino is more melodic.

PLAYS FILIPINO EXAMPLE

DMAE: THE PHILIPPINES WERE A SPANISH TERRITORY FROM 1565 TO 1898. SPANISH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE BECAME PART OF THE FILIPINO EXPERIENCE. AND MANY FILIPINO TRADITIONS AND WORDS MADE THEIR WAY INTO SPANISH CULTURE. SOME WORDS REMAIN IN SPANISH LIKE BOLO, PANTALAN, AND SAMPAGUITA.

ANGELO: Sampaguita is the Philippine national flower. They call the song Sampaguita and you?ll hear the melody, I?ll play a little bit.

PLA...
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