Kunio Yoshino & Old Friends Milestones
December 8, 2012
Professor Yoshino’s sixtieth birthday celebration & New Swing Jazz Orchestra reunion (where the idea of starting a big band was put forward)
May 25, 2013
Kunio Yoshino sixtieth Birthday Big Band formed (later changed to Kunio Yoshino & Old Friends)
First gathering and rehearsal
October 12, 2013
First public performance at the All Sophians’ Music and Dance Festival (ASMaD) @ Sophia University
November 2, 2013
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
January 11, 2014
First jazz club concert @ Nakanobu Bon Appetit
November 3, 2014
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
January 24, 2015
Second jazz club concert @ Nakanobu Bon Appetit
November 1, 2015
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
January 23, 2016
Third jazz club concert @ Nakanobu Bon Appetit
November 3, 2016
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
February 4, 2017
Fourth jazz club concert @ Nakanobu Bon Appetit
October 22, 2017
Performance at the New Swing Jazz Orchestra 50th Anniversary Event @ NB CLUB (Ginza)
November 3, 2017
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
January 27, 2018
Fifth jazz club concert @ B FLAT (Akasaka)
October 6, 2018
Performance at the Yokohama JAZZ PROMENADE 2018 “Street Corner” Concert (Queen’s Circle)
November 3, 2018
Performance at the Sophia Festival @ Sophia University
January 26, 2019
6th jazz club concert @ B FLAT (Akasaka)
Jun 15,2019
Live with Yokoyaha Y’s Orchestra @ Shinjuku Pit Inn
Feb 8, 2020
7th jazz club concert @ B FLAT (Akasaka)