New Year’s Solo Jazz Extravaganza (2)

  Besides singing the aforementioned songs, Dr.Handa sang “La Vie en Rose,” “Besame Mucho,” ”Quizas, Quizas, Quizas,” “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Moon River,” ”As Time Goes By,” ”Unchained Melody,” “Love Me Tender,” ”You are My Destiny,” ”Shadow of Your Smile,” “Beddo de Tabako wo Suwanaide,” ”Mona Lisa,” ”Summertime,” ”It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie,” ”Autumn Leaves,” ”Some Enchanted Evening,” ”Love is a Many-Splendored Thing,” ”Hyokkori Hyotan Jima,”. In addition to those, he also sang the anime theme songs of “Lupin III”, “Science Ninjya Team Gatchaman” and “Mazinger Z” with a jazz twist.

  ”Some Enchanted Evening” is a song full of memories for him. He sang it at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1996, wearing the traditional Japanese attire of a “haori” and “hakama” pants. He told about his memories to the audience.

  For an encore, Dr.Handa walked among the audience while singing “When Saints Go Marching In,” “Danny Boy,” “O Sole Mio,” and “Tennessee Waltz.”

 

(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