The Jonokuchi/ VDE Big Band | AHS Combo | @ 7pm -$10 cover

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The Jonokuchi/ VDE Big Band is a 17- piece collaboration led by trumpeter Danny Jonokuchi and drummer Kevin Van Den Elzen. The all-star band includes Ira Nepus (trombone), Carl Saunders (trumpet), Kim Richmond (saxophone),  Scott Whitfield (trombone), and Danny Janklow (saxophone). Members of the ensemble have performed with renowned artists such as Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mandel, Lionel Hampton, Nancy Wilson, Natalie Cole, Stan Kenton, and Louis Bellson.

Danny Jonokuchi is a New York City based jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, producer, and bandleader originally from Los Angeles. In NYC, he co-leads and conducts the New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra that recently performed at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club to a packed house including Tony Bennett.

His debut big band album "All I Want" features original works performed by a 17-piece jazz orchestra.

Kevin van den Elzen is a Los Angeles based drummer and bandleader from the Netherlands. Kevin leads two world-class big bands on opposite sides of the globe, the VDE Big Band in Los Angeles and the Dutch Concert Big Band in Amsterdam. The latter released the acclaimed album "Plays Dutch Originals".

AHS Studio Combo and the AHS A/B Combo will be performing an opening set from 7pm - 7:30pm.

The Jonokuchi/VDE big band will perform 2 sets of original big band music from 7:40pm - 9:45pm.