The 18-piece Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David
Manson, backs Lorri Hafer in a special concert of swinging big band music at
the Side Door!
Lorri is a favorite of the musicians in the Helios Jazz Orchestra because of her beautiful tone, flawless enunciation, projection of voice and musical expression.
Lorri is a favorite of the musicians in the Helios Jazz Orchestra because of her beautiful tone, flawless enunciation, projection of voice and musical expression.
Lorri Hafer is the daughter of composer /arranger /Academy
Award nominee Al Ham and his wife, Mary Mayo. They met while they were
both performing with the post war Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of
Tex Beneke.
Lorri started her career at the age of five on the Guy
Mitchell record, "If You Ever Go Away” and as lead vocalist with the
Hillside Singers. Lorri along with her mother recorded the ‘Coca Cola
Song’ - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing in Perfect Harmony."
Lorri toured as vocalist with The Glenn Miller Orchestra throughout the
US and Japan and was also featured vocalist with Les Brown’s Band of Renown,
and special guest vocalist with Buddy Morrow and The Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra.
She has shared the stage with Margaret Whiting, Frankie
Laine, The Four Lads, Deana Martin, Maria Muldaur, Eric Darling of The Rooftop
Singers, Jim Brady of The Sandpipers, and Denny Doherty and Michele Phillips of
The Mamas and The Papas and Trini Lopez. Lorri also appeared as the opening act
for comedian Bob Newhart. Most recently, Lorri made her debut at NYC’s
famed Metropolitan Room. Her CD, "The Very Thought of You" has
received both national and international airplay in the US, the UK, Italy, the
Caribbean, and New Zealand.
Enjoy great big band jazz in the cabaret environment of the Side Door at the Palladium Theater! This is a benefit for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival presented by EMIT: www.emitseries.org . General admission is $15 at the Palladium Theater. See http://www.mypalladium.org/
