The Volcano Art Center is pleased to announce Jazz in the Forest on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 5:30pm (doors open at 5:00pm), at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. The evening features Jean Pierre Thoma and the Jazztones.

Enjoy an evening together at the Volcano Art Center with the always swinging JP Thoma and the Jazztones. This month featuring leader Jean Pierre Thoma on his collection of saxophones, pianist Alex Czerny, bassist Brian McCree, percussionist Noz Eads, and special guest sax master John Lundgren, joining us from Oahu.

A special presentation this evening is a performance by developing jazz pianist and vocalist, Parker Smith, an HPA student who will join us with a Brazilian bossa nova styling of “Autumn Leaves.
“Duke Ellington’s “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be”, continues this evening’s appreciation of the joys of life and its musical accompaniment. The moody “Harlem Nocturne” leads to the final Benny Goodman rouser ‘Sing, Sing, Sing reminding us to go forth with optimistic joy.

Tickets are $25 for VAC members ($30 non-members)! Ticket holders will be able to purchase beer, wine, as well as pupus. Tickets are available for sale online at www.volcanoartcenter.org, or at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village. The last day to purchase tickets online is Friday, November 11. After that, tickets will be sold at the door, if they are not sold out. Tickets will be held at Will Call on the day of the show. OR you may pick them up any day before the show at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus Administrative Office, Monday through Friday, 10am-4pm.

The Volcano Art Center is a non-profit educational organization created in 1974 to promote, develop, and perpetuate the artistic and cultural heritage of Hawai‘i’s people and environment through activities in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Please visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.