New Year’s Solo Jazz Extravaganza (1)

　 On Jan.15,the the Tokyo Art Foundation (TAF) held a charity concert titled “New Year’s Solo Jazz Extravaganza!” at Nakano Sunplaza in Nakano Ward in Tokyo.  It featured a solo performance by Dr.Haruhisa Handa, chairman of TAF. The concert was held with the support of the Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), a nonprofit organization Dr.Handa also chairs. All proceeds will be donated to the Lesotho-based charity Sentebale, which promotes efforts to eradicate AIDS.

    Dr.Handa sang 26 songs, including popular jazz standards such as “Take the ‘A’ Train.”, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”, “Fly me to the Moon”, “What a Wonderful World”. He also sang some jazzily arranged anime theme songs.

     As is often the case with his style of performance, he engaged in some casual, comic banter with the audience between songs.

     He said, “When you listen to jazz, don’t be too serious. Just relax and enjoy the music no matter how you like…”



Tokyo Art Foundation Chairman Dr.Haruhisa Handa
sings on stage at Nakano Sunplaza in Nakano Ward, Tokyo
on Jan.15.
TAF

(source: THE JAPAN TIMES, Jan.23, 2015)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/2015/01/23/special-supplements/jazz-concert-raises-money-for-aids-charity-in-lesotho/#.VMWXE_0cTIU