The message is simple – strive to be the best, live drug-free and have fun. The new guitarist/vocalist to replace Yamasato was Guy Cruz, and Andrew McLellan joined on bass. In 2008, a 120-page biographical photo-book on Shimabukuro was published in Japan.[11]. They have a son, Chase, born in August 2012. Jake Shimabukuro's Valentine's Day Love Songs streaming concert will be streaming on February 14th, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST! Watch live streams, get artist updates, buy tickets, and RSVP to shows with Bandsintown Jake Shimabukuro – Trio . https://www.ticketmaster.com/Jake-Shimabukuro-tickets/artist/977545 View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 CD release of "Across The Universe" on Discogs. They performed a rendition of the Beatles song "In My Life" as the first of Midler's three-song set, and afterwards they met Queen Elizabeth and shook her hand. In 2012, an award-winning documentary was released tracking his life, career, and music, titled Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings; it has screened in a variety of festivals, aired repeatedly on PBS, and been released on DVD. My only complaint is that it's too short! Jake Shimabukuro is an Japanese-American ukulele virtuoso and composer known for his fast and complex finger work. It peaked at number 5 in Billboard's Top World Music Albums in 2009 and 2010,[17] won the Hoku for Instrumental Album of the Year, garnered Shimabukuro the award for Favorite Entertainer of the Year,[18] and won the Hawaii Music Award for Best Ukulele Album. (twice in 2011), Last Call With Carson Daly (2007), The Today Show (2013), Musicians@Google, and several TED conferences including TED2010, TEDxSanDiego,[28] TEDxTokyo,[29] TEDxHongKong, and TEDxHonolulu. “Jake Shimabukuro LIVE,” streaming at 4 … Shimabukuro's 2012 album, Grand Ukulele, was produced by music producer/engineer Alan Parsons, at Parsons' request. Shimabukuro married OB/GYN physician Kelly Yamasato in May 2011. [20] Shimabukuro created an original piece "Ukulele Five-O" as part of the soundtrack for the new Hawaii Five-0 television series. Jake proves he understands these songs on a deep level, by what he chooses to embellish or roll over or leave out. [2] Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls (2007) and Saidoweizu (2009), the Japanese remake of Sideways.[3]. More Versions. Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at the Blue Note Hawaii in Honolulu on April 2nd and April 3rd at 6:30…, Jake Shimabukuro's Valentine's Day Love Songs streaming concert will be streaming on February 14th, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST! Jake Shimabukuro, the Reason So Many Play Ukulele Today by Rick Moore August 24, 2020, 8:04 am Fifteen years ago, there weren’t all that many … Tabs Articles Forums Wiki + Publish tab Pro. [14] In 2005 he also did his first nationwide mainland U.S. concert tour, and released a DVD of instructional segments, concert footage, and interviews called Play Loud Ukulele. "The Official Website For Jake Shimabukuro! Shimabukuro decided to pursue a solo career as Colón disbanded in early 2002. [13] As a solo artist, Shimabukuro experimented with using effect pedals to make new sounds that few would associate with an ukulele. It was released on DVD July 2013.[27]. Find Jake Shimabukuro tour dates and concerts in your city. [4] His concert engagements, collaborations with well-known musicians, media appearances, and music production have snowballed since then. Yamasato left the group, and Shimabukuro and Colón formed another group, Colón, named in honor of Colón's father, famed percussionist Augie Colón. [26] The film aired nationally on PBS in May 2013. Shimabukuro released his fifth U.S. album, Gently Weeps, in September 2006. Early in his career he experimented with the use of effect pedals, but for the last eight years has relied on the natural sounds of the ukulele and avoided sound manipulation. 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 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was posted on YouTube without his knowledge and became one of the first viral videos on that site. Shimabukuro was for many years the key spokesperson and then also director of the Music Is Good Medicine non-profit organization. Tickets…, Please watch us tonight! [22], In 2012, a one-hour documentary film about Shimabukuro's life and career was released, titled Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings. Shimabukuro has appeared and performed in a number of media outlets, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005, 2008), Jimmy Kimmel Live! Also in 2006, he composed the music to the Japanese film Hula Girls, which featured hula dancing and a Hawaiian spa resort as its primary theme and setting. Hawaii’s most famous ukelele virtuoso will stream live on Kahilu.TV next weekend and chat live with fans. [19] It won the 2012 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and also garnered Shimabukuro the Na Hoku Hanohano award for Favorite Entertainer of the Year. http://jakeshimabukuro.com/ Jake Shimabukuro at the Franklin Theater, Franklin Tennessee on November 21, 2014. Jake Shimabukuro first got the music bug at the age of four. Sony Japan, however, only releases Shimabukuro's music in Japan, and to release the music in Hawaii, he created the Hitchhike Records label. [5], A fifth-generation Japanese-American,[6] 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). Search. In November 2009, he accompanied fellow Hawaii-born Bette Midler at the Royal Variety Performance. Ver 1. "[35] The 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."[36][37]. [33], Following the dissolution of the Music Is Good Medicine program, Shimabukuro founded his own non-profit organization, the Four Strings Foundation, in 2013. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls and Saidoweizu, the Japanese remake of Sideways. [7] Shimabukuro was working at a music store in Honolulu when the group released its eponymous first album, which won them four Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (the Hawaiian counterpart of the Grammy Awards) from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts: Island Contemporary Album of the Year, Most Promising Artist(s), Album of the Year, and Favorite Entertainment of the Year, the latter determined by unrestricted public vote.