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Pamai Chirdkiatisak

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.

During his career as a Jazz musician, he received First Prizes in the Thailand International Jazz Conferences: Competition both (junior division) in 2012 and (open division) in 2015. He also received First Prize in the Thailand Jazz Competition in 2014: Band Competition (Black Tiger). In 2017, he received Third Prize in Made in New York Jazz Competition which brought him to play in the Gala Jazz concert, held by board members of Made in New York Jazz Competition at Tribeca Performing art center in New York City. There, he had the opportunity to play with talented and legendary Jazz artists, including Lenny White, John Benitez, Roberto Quintero, Caloé Profil Perso, Alexis Baro etc.

In 2018, he applied in Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens Colleges to continue his study in Master Degree in Jazz Studies and he had studied with Paul Bollenback and Mike Moreno.

In 2018, he had released his first album called Dreamer.

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Pamai Chirdkiatisak: Dreamer

Read "Dreamer" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Despite having had an accomplished saxophonist and composer as a monarch --the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej-- Thailand is not immediately associated in most people's minds with jazz. However, the country has had an active scene for many years, with annual festivals, contests and a jazz department at the prestigious Mahidol University. Out of this environment emerged the supremely talented Pamai Chirdkiatisak, a Ph.D, student at the above mentioned institute, and the winner of many competitions. A reserved yet ...

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Pamai Chirdkiatisak: Dreamer

Read "Dreamer" reviewed by Jack Bowers


“Music is a universal language." “Jazz transcends bloodlines and borders." Listening to guitarist Pamai Chirdkiatisak's debut album, Dreamer, one quickly realizes that those phrases are more than mere slogans or platitudes. The fact that Chirdkiatisak's admirable quartet is based in Bangkok, Thailand, is apparent only when reading the album cover and personnel listing. The music itself is as inclusive as mom, apple pie and honoring the flag. This is unvarnished jazz, born in ...

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Pamai Chirdkiatisak: Dreamer

Read "Dreamer" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Some musical rites of passage happen so often they are somewhat universal. Take for example a kid who hears rock music for the first time, becomes interested in playing guitar, and dreams of becoming a professional musician. While many people experience this exact same scenario, few actually see their dream come to fruition. For those who do, their musical journey is probably not quite the way they envisioned it when they first started. This is certainly the case with guitarist ...

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Primary Instrument

Guitar

Location

Bangkok

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Dreamer

Self Produced
2021

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