Summer Jazz 2023 – Vibes on Velvet

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Vibes on Velvet. Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra conducted by Taka Hirohama

26 June – 8pm: Prelude to Love

Act 1 Trumpet Triumph : featuring D.Bull and Hei Kwok, Trumpets of the Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra plays scores from Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Band and Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Scores of Begin The Beguine, Just Friends, Stardust, Round Midnight, Danny Boy.

Act 2 Vibes For Love : Hamada Vibes & JAS Vocals
Tribute to Nat King Cole, songs of L-O-V-E, That Can’t Be Love, Almost Like Being In Love, scores from Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Don’t Be That Way, Nature Boy, and more.

27 June – 8pm: Vibes on Velvet

Act 3 Hamada Vibes & Sax Ensemble featuring Yoshi Koyama
Hamada Vibes plays At Last, Moonlight Serenade, Over The Rainbow, We were In Love, Blue in the Night, and his own Fox Dance, Green Carpet.

Act 4 Vibes on Velvet with Voice, Jennifer Palor, with SNJO
Songs by I Love You, Just You Just Me, All of Me, You Took Advantage of Me, It’s All Right With Me, What is This Thing Called Love, Moonglow, Tico Tico, and more.

28 June – 8pm: Artistry in Vibes

Act 5 Hitoshi Hamada with SNJO
Scores from Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Sweet Georgia Brawn, Day In Day Out, Ja-Da, Opus One, and Hamada Vibes with the Super Sax Boys plays You Make Me Feel So Young.

Act 6 Elaine Liu with Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra, Return
Tribute to Julie London, songs of Love For Sale, Why Don’t You Do Right, But Not For Me, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, and Theme from Love Story, and Sing Sing Sing.