Hot Jazz

The summer jazz concert series starts off with a tale of a hundred years ago, and a story to be told. From explaining the origin of the word “Jazz”, to the rising in popularity of this unique style of music through the early years, different pioneers of Jazz music will be introduced. Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller are only be a few of the names whose music would be considered as Jazz classics, and will be presented to all in the first day of the concert.

Aya Takazawa
Aya Takazawa started playing the piano at five and the trumpet at ten years old. She graduated from Kunitachi Col- lege of Music in Tokyo, and studied under Mr.Hitoshi Kumagai principle trumpeter of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. After graduation she was part of an all female brass ensemble the Tokyo Brass Unit which had a big hit in the Japanese jazz music charts. In 2009 Aya performed at the commemoration ceremony of the United Nations Population Fund in New York. Her expressive power of the trumpet received the highest praise from the world’s ambassadors. She is currently leading her own jazz band the Takazawa Aya Quintet and released her first album Patterns in 2012. She’s established a reputation as a talented and versatile musician and appeared at “Summer Jazz” held in Hibiya-Kokaido and played with Manhattan Jazz Quintet at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Jazz Summer 2016 – Hot Jazz
Hong Kong Big Band Jazz Federation, Aya Takazawa
Date: 8pm, 21 June 2016
Venue: HK City Hall, Theatre
Tickets: $300, $250, $150 from Urbtix