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Every day for the last two months we have been jolted out of sleep by election campaign jingles blaring from vans going around the neighborhood. Most of them manage to be both loud and indiscernible: your eardrums get pulped, but you don’t know by whom—you can’t understand the lyrics. We’re not sure whom to put a curse on, but we do know that the lawyers for Carly Rae Jepsen and Maroon 5, among others, need to file suit for copyright infringement pronto. We seriously doubt that they’ve given permission for their tunes to get murdered.

Good news for our ears, for a change: the Tokyo-Manila Jazz & Arts Festival will be held on May 9 – 11 at Solaire Resort and Casino along Manila Bay in Parañaque.

Featured performers include Makoto Ozone, Yuki Arimasa, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kengo Nakamura, Charito, AMP Big Band, Colby de la Calzada and the Philippine Youth Symphonic Orchestra.

Yes, Charito! The Filipino jazz singer based in Tokyo.

Concert Day 1 is at 6pm in Eclipse at Solaire; Day 2 is at 7pm in the Grand Ballroom. Workshops will be held on May 11 starting at 2pm.

Ticket prices: Php8,240 for VIP table seats; Php5,150 for gold table seats; and Php3,090/2,060/1,030 for theatre seats. For ticket reservations call (02)7061580 or Ticketworld, (02)8919999, ticketworld.com.ph.