The Volcano Art Center Jazz in the Forest concert, “A Potpourri of Jazz – a selection of classics from the last 1oo years of America’s greatest music.

Beginning with the Louis Armstrong and King Oliver’s, New Orleans and Chicago soaring introduction to modern jazz in 1928, the resounding introduction to ” West End Blues” led from Dixieland to BeBop.  Miles Davis said famously that Louis paved the path for all of jazz in this landmark performance. New York has been home to much of American jazz influence, from the Cotton Club of Duke Ellington and his band, here performing “I’m Beginning to See the Light”   and across the country in various styles, here highlighting “The Big Noise From Winnetka” featuring a whistling and swinging bass solo – here performed by Joey Carroll of the Jazztones. Sliding smoothly into the swing era are romantic vocals of “Body and Soul” featuring the stylings of our vocalist Owana Salazar, and “You Stepped Out of a Dream”

Then on to BeBop with the music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, with “Now’s the Time” and Thelonious Monk’s “Blue Monk”

Miles Davis’s classic from his album “Kind of Blue”  – “All Blues”,  brings us to more recent history, and from his historic partner John Coltrane, a moving spiritual rendition of “Wise One”  from his “Love Supreme” period.

We will symbolically end the program with Duke Ellington’s wise observation – “Things Ain’t What They Used To Be”

The Jazztones will take you through this century with the participation of JP Thoma on saxophones, Asha Azama on keyboard, Joey Carroll on bass, Owen Matsui on drums, and featuring the vocal artistry of prize winning Owana Salazar to give you an enjoyable ride.

Come up to the Volcano Art Center for another memorable musical evening on Nov.11,  at 5:30pm.