It's rare for a young musician to earn comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. It's even harder to find an artist who has entirely redefined an instrument by his early thirties. But Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-boo-koo-row) has already accomplished these feats, and more, in a little over a decade of playing and recording music on the ukulele.
Yes, the ukulele. In the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force. On his most recent album "Peace Love Ukulele" (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart), Jake and his "uke" effortlessly (it seems) mix jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk, creating a sound that's both technically masterful and emotionally powerful and utterly unique in the music world. No less than the New York Times recently noted his "buoyant musicianship" and "brisk proficiency," adding, "the innovation in his style stems from an embrace of restrictions: the ukulele has only four strings and a limited range. He compensates with an adaptable combination of rhythmic strumming, classical-style finger-picking and fretboard tapping." Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam who recently released his own album of ukulele songs had this to say about Jake: "Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can't see anybody else catching up with him."
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Yes, the ukulele. In the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force. On his most recent album "Peace Love Ukulele" (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart), Jake and his "uke" effortlessly (it seems) mix jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk, creating a sound that's both technically masterful and emotionally powerful and utterly unique in the music world. No less than the New York Times recently noted his "buoyant musicianship" and "brisk proficiency," adding, "the innovation in his style stems from an embrace of restrictions: the ukulele has only four strings and a limited range. He compensates with an adaptable combination of rhythmic strumming, classical-style finger-picking and fretboard tapping." Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam who recently released his own album of ukulele songs had this to say about Jake: "Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can't see anybody else catching up with him."
It's rare for a young musician to earn comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. It's even harder to find an artist who has entirely redefined an instrument by his early thirties. But Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-boo-koo-row) has already accomplished these feats, and more, in a little over a decade of playing and recording music on the ukulele.
Yes, the ukulele. In the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force. On his most recent album "Peace Love Ukulele" (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart), Jake and his "uke" effortlessly (it seems) mix jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk, creating a sound that's both technically masterful and emotionally powerful and utterly unique in the music world. No less than the New York Times recently noted his "buoyant musicianship" and "brisk proficiency," adding, "the innovation in his style stems from an embrace of restrictions: the ukulele has only four strings and a limited range. He compensates with an adaptable combination of rhythmic strumming, classical-style finger-picking and fretboard tapping." Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam who recently released his own album of ukulele songs had this to say about Jake: "Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can't see anybody else catching up with him."
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Yes, the ukulele. In the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force. On his most recent album "Peace Love Ukulele" (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart), Jake and his "uke" effortlessly (it seems) mix jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk, creating a sound that's both technically masterful and emotionally powerful and utterly unique in the music world. No less than the New York Times recently noted his "buoyant musicianship" and "brisk proficiency," adding, "the innovation in his style stems from an embrace of restrictions: the ukulele has only four strings and a limited range. He compensates with an adaptable combination of rhythmic strumming, classical-style finger-picking and fretboard tapping." Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam who recently released his own album of ukulele songs had this to say about Jake: "Jake is taking the instrument to a place that I can't see anybody else catching up with him."
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