“Best Of Times” is a jazz-Latin-funk-rock cabaret show based on thoughts on how we see the world, and each other, curated by Benny rietveld, 9-time Grammy Award winning bass player and musical director for Carlos Santana, previously with Miles Davis, among many others.
Benny has written some new music for it, plus some of his older original, mixed with classic tunes and pieces near and dear to everyone - from Tower Of Power, to Leonard Bernstein.

It's all being presented at the wonderful and historic Manoa Valley Theatre, where Benny has found a musical home here in Hawaii, where he grew up.

The band iand performers are comprised of some of the best of Hawaii's players and singers and Hoku Award winners:

Eldred Ahlo - trumpet
Travis Oh - trombone
Allen Won - alto sax, flute
Larry Cook - tenor sax, flute
Scott Villiger - bari sax
Melina Lillios - keyboards
Michael Grande - keyboards
Makani Eliot - drums, guitar, vocals
Noel Okimoto - drums, percussion
Lopaka Colón - percussion

Guest Vocalists:
Sandy Tsukiyama
Rachel Gonzales
Michael Piranha
Alison Maldonado
Miles Phillips
Star Duran
The Graveyard Choir