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s Top World Music Albums in 2011 and 2012. It won the 2012 Na Hoku
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who immigrated to Hawaii. His mother gave him a ukulele at age four and he quickly took an interest in the instrument, playing it many hours a day. His mother, an accomplished ukulele player and singer, was his first teacher, and he also took lessons for seven years under Tami
Akiyami at
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virtuoso and composer from Hawaii known for his fast and complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two
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concerts and publishes music media, lobbies to increase music education, encourages schools to make music programs culturally relevant, conducts research in music education and children's social/emotional learning, and provides funding for music education in schools nationwide.
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s Top World Music Albums in 2009 and 2010, won the Hoku for
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on that site. His concert engagements, collaborations with well-known musicians, media appearances, and music production have snowballed since then. In 2012, an award-winning documentary was released tracking his life, career, and music, titled
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Shimabukuro decided to pursue a solo career as Colón disbanded in early 2002. With the help of his newly acquired manager, Japanese native Kazusa
Flanagan, in June 2002 he became the first Hawaii artist to sign a recording contract with
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Shimabukuro initially gained attention in Hawaii in 1998 as a member of Pure Heart, a trio with Lopaka Colón (percussion) and Jon
Yamasato (guitar/vocals). Shimabukuro was working at a music store in Honolulu when the group released its
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Hitchhike Records label, which had previously been confined to the Hawaii market. In 2005 he also did his first nationwide mainland U.S. concert tour, and released a
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mission statement of Four Strings is: "To create new opportunities for people of all ages to participate in the act of making music and to use those experiences as a vehicle to promote personal empowerment and fulfillment."
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Jake's brother, Bruce Shimabukuro, is also a well known ukulele player in his own right; he teaches ukulele and has released albums of his own. Bruce accompanies his brother on guitar on a track on
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Well known in Hawai’i and Japan during his early solo career in the early 2000s, Shimabukuro became famous internationally in 2006, when a video of him playing a virtuosic rendition of "
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2202:"Biden Nominees for Arts Council Include Ukulele Legend Jake Shimabukuro, Apollo Theater's Kamilah Forbes & Indie Record Label President"
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Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From the Television Series, CBS Records (2011) EAN: 0094922484567.
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Jake Shimabukuro playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
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2577:"In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy"
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2019:Jake Shimabukuro: World Albums – Chart History
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1103: – Instrumental Hawaiian Album of the Year
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1610:"The Official Website For Jake Shimabukuro!"
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950: – Contemporary Album of the Year
832:Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
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378:Ukulele X: 10th Anniversary Collection
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2398:"Jake Shimabukuro: The Ukulele Man"
1758:Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox
1551:Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
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2282:"Jake Shimabukuro Interview"
1732:. 2014-12-06. Archived from
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712:National Council on the Arts
472:While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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220:While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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2414:Bruce Shimabukuro – Credits
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1637:Dennis, Zach (2015-11-11).
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765:A Prairie Home Companion
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256:Shimabukuro was born in
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2130:. Jensen Communications
2042:Internet Movie Database
1700:Tranquada, Jim (2012).
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915:Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
460:Stockholm Jazz Festival
327:Signing with Sony Japan
283:Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
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2529:Michael Lawrence Films
2402:The Outsider Argentina
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1702:The Ukulele: a History
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1846:. October 25, 2010.
1817:Shimabukuro, Jake.
1690:. November 1, 2022.
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1456:Shimabukuro, Jake.
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1386:Across the Universe
1334:Japan-only releases
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421:Hawaii Music Awards
370:Across the Universe
2667:"Jake Shimabukuro"
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2345:www.ukulelemag.com
1771:2013-05-17 at the
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1443:Peace Love Ukulele
1423:Million Miles Away
1321:Jake & Friends
1303:Nashville Sessions
1274:Peace Love Ukulele
1196:The Groove Machine
1027:Peace Love Ukulele
899:Peace Love Ukulele
852:Grand Ukulele Tour
815:XM Satellite Radio
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2181:Wide Open Country
1882:. August 4, 2007.
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1711:978-0-8248-3544-6
1562:978-0-465-00489-8
1417:Play Loud Ukulele
1117:Play Loud Ukulele
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