Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra Funky Jam Night

The Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra, featuring vocalist Maya Satake, present highlights from their recent Quincy Jones tribute show, performing jazz standards by Ella Fitzgerald and funk rock classics by Steely Dan. In the second set, alto saxophonist Ethan Burton will lead a six piece band including Louis Robertson (trumpet), Benji Pickering (trombone), Matthew Tait (piano), Guthrie Wakelin (bass) and Seth Sinclair (drums), presenting a variety of jazz standards that will form the basis for some funky and extended improvisations.

Maya Satake is a talented vocalist who recently performed a sold-out show with the Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra, performing the Quincy Jones arrangements of jazz standards performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie. On the night, Satake will sing the numbers "Ain't Misbehavin", "Shiny Stockings", "Deed I do" and the Iconic "Blue Skies". The first set will be completed with some Steely Dan numbers, including the vocal "Home at Last", as…