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Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies

by Katchie Cartwright
August 22, 2025

Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies Benjamin Tausig 264 Pages ISBN: 978-1-4780-3170-3 Duke University Press 2025 You may have seen pianist-singer and entertainer Maurice Rocco in Incendiary Blonde (Paramount, 1945), the rags-to-riches story of Texas Guinan, the Waco-born daughter ...

TIJC 2025: Redefining The Boundaries Of Jazz!

January 16, 2025

The 16th Thailand International Jazz Conference (TIJC 2025) is ready to welcome jazz enthusiasts for a journey of musical exploration and cultural celebration. Happening from January 24–26, 2025, at the College of Music, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), this year’s event is a melting pot of innovation, diversity, and inspiration, offering audiences a fresh perspective on jazz. ...

Stuart Hawkins

Stuart Hawkins is a jazz trumpeter, composer and producer with a soulful, funky sound.

Born in Australia to British and Malaysian-Chinese parents and raised in Hong Kong, Stuart began playing the trumpet at the age of nine, and his love for jazz and blues grew throughout his teenage years.

Stuart studied Modern History at the University of Oxford and performed regularly with some of the UK’s top young jazz talents. Returning to Hong Kong, he became a frequent performer at The Jazz Club and played in venues across Asia.

Now based in Thailand, Stuart has collaborated with leading Thai and international jazz and pop artists.

Jazz Lovers, Get Ready For The TIJC 2024 - An Authentic Jazz Festival With The Identity Of Real Jazz

January 12, 2024

Since 2009 the Thailand International Jazz Conference—TIJC 2024 has driven the jazz music industry in Thailand with its vibes and atmosphere that go on winning the hearts of artists and jazz lovers domestically and internationally. Coming back again for its 15th Anniversary of the TIJC, held between 26-28 January 2024, proclaim its positioning as a genuine ...

Thailand International Jazz Conference 2023 - The 14th Year Of The TIJC With The Extensive Program

January 17, 2023

The moment of happiness for jazz lovers is coming back with the Thailand International Jazz Conference 2023 or TIJC 2023, the most fantastic Thailand jazz event that includes many world-renowned artists such as Javon Jackson & Delfeayo Marsalis, Emmet Cohen Trio, Laurent de Wilde Trio, Sketchbook Quartet, etc. Don't miss out on Jazz with Thailand Phil ...

Pamai Chirdkiatisak

Born: February 2, 1992

The beginning of his musical career was from the old cassette-tape days when his father introduced him to a rock album in secondary school. As young as he was, the sound of the electric guitar was nothing like he had ever heard before. The more he listened to it the more he was determined that this was going to be his instrument.

He aspired to become a guitarist, formed a rock band in secondary school, and that later led him onto a major turning point in his life – to join the prestigious pre-college music program at College of Music, Mahidol University. Consequently, Chirdkiatisak graduated with a Bachelor of music in Jazz Performance at College of Music, Mahidol University in 2014, and then became a guest instructor in Jazz department at the same university until 2017

Sunny Rattana Wongsansern

Born: March 12, 1982

Jazz pianist/composer maestro Sunny Rattana graduated classical piano performance with first class honor from Chulalongkorn University. Started from self- taught then had proper lesson with Nu Vudthivichai. He received awards from Thailand Jazz Competition 1st, 2nd ,3rd – H.M. The King’s Trophy for the Jazz Band, Outstanding Musician Award and winner of the outstanding musician award at the Greeley Jazz Festival, USA. Sunny teaches at Silpakorn University as a full time music instructor. He has been performing in many jazz festival around bangkok and beyond such as Thailand international Jazz Festival TIJC
Greeley Jazz Festival, USA
Philippine International Jazz and Ethnic Arts Festival
World Youth Jazz Festival, Malaysia
Sawasdee Jazz Festival, Bangkok Sunny is the founder of Creative Music Studio and has released three jazz albums.

Mellow Motif

Born: May 9, 1985

Since the release of Mellow Motif’s highly successful self-titled debut album with Warner Music in 2009, the band has been actively performing in many countries and steadily gaining popularity in the regional jazz scene. Mellow Motif has received international acclaim and works tirelessly as ambassadors who raise the world’s awareness of Thailand as a place with a vibrant jazz culture. The band has performed at Hua-Hin International Jazz Festival (2009), CHIJazz (2009), KinestAsia (2010), Miri International Jazz Festival (2010), Asean Jazz Festival (2010), many other music festivals within the country such as Fat Festival 2009, Melody of Life (2009), Indy in Pai (2010), La Fete de la Musique (2009), and more

Donald Harrison Headlines Thailand International Jazz Conference 2017

January 29, 2017

It's a thrilling, eclectic, annual three-day, multi-faceted jazz event in a tropical atmosphere that gets underway this week in Thailand. Combos of all kinds, big bands, you name it. It's an extraordinary cultural and beautiful, warm atmosphere. Hundreds of jazz lovers and musicians from a variety of countries eagerly congregate each day at various stages at ...

Sunny Trio & Natt Buntita: Two Of A Kind

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2016

The merging of jazz and Asian folk idioms is gradually becoming more common, though most typically in Indonesia and South Korea. Thailand's rich folkloric tradition has been overlooked by Thai jazz musicians, who tend to favour American jazz standards. Until now, that is. Two of a Kind sees pianist Sunny Rattana and singer Natt Buntita visit ...