Jazz in the Forest:
Saturday, May 10th, 2025, at 5:30pm
You are invited to come and enjoy a swinging evening of jazz theater at the Volcano Art CenterNiaulani Campus (19-4074 Old Volcano Road), June 14th, at 5:30 pm.
As we have expanded upon these past years of the Volcano Art Center “Jazz in the Forest” series, American jazz has included influences from every genre of classical orchestral european to down home primitive solo performances – beginning in and around New Orleans over one hundred years ago.
In this exciting retrospective on June 14, we are focusing on shades of the color Blue, and the influences that color has made to our musical experiences.
Classical compositions such as Debussy’s “LA MER” brought oceanic color to the orchestra. and Bizet’s “Carmen” provided repertoire which has been “jazzified” in many settings. The influence of Spanish musical colors has also been seen in the music of Joaquin Rodrigo, whose Concierto de Aranjuez was strongly featured in the Miles Davis “Sketches of Spain” recording. George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was one of the first and most important blending of classical and jazz influences , and his contributions of dozens of blues tinged compositions has enriched our popular music for the last 80 years. We find ourselves “Falling in Love Again”, with the blues in various shades of pleasure and pain throughout our jazz and popular musical songbooks.
On June 14th JP and the Jazztones will explore and revisit some of the riches that we love and dance to today . Please come to the Volcano Art Center for the next in our “Jazz in the Forest” celebrations. We were not just “Born to be Blue”, just remember that “We got rhythm”! Everyday !
Tickets are $25 for VAC members ($30 non-members)! Ticket holders will be able to purchase beer, wine, as well as pupu.
