Herb Ohta, Jr.: “'Ukulele Nahenahe”
LELE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS (LMPCD 1005)
$14.00
Hawai'i Music Award Winner
"Best 'Ukulele Recording"
Na Hoku Hanohano Awards Winner
"Instrumental of the Year"
01 Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani 01 Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani
02 Na Pua Lei 'Ilima 02 Na Pua Lei 'Ilima
03 Ka Pilina 03 Ka Pilina
04 Pane Mai 04 Pane Mai
05 Lei Manoa 05 Lei Manoa
06 The Spirit of Love 06 The Spirit of Love
07 He Aloha Mele 07 He Aloha Mele
08 Ka Wailele O Nu'uanu 08 Ka Wailele O Nu'uanu
09 Henehene Kou 'Aka 09 Henehene Kou 'Aka
10 Pua 'Olena 10 Pua 'Olena
11 Over The Rainbow 11 Over The Rainbow
I few years ago, I had the pleasure of doing a West Coast tour with Herb Ohta Jr (HOJ). I’ve heard of him, but never really got to hear what he could do on the ukulele. The first thing that hit me was his technique on the ukulele…”very clean”. I kept waiting for buzzes and missed notes, but to my surprise, every single song was so clean it almost sounded like I was listening to a compact disc…”it made me sick” (joke). The second thing was how he was able to express himself emotionally on the ukulele…I really believe that this cannot be taught. I looked out into the crowd and saw a bunch of people teary-eyed. I’ve never witnessed an emotional performance like this by any instrumentalist. It was not about how many notes he could play, the kind of scales or chords he used, but simply being able to emotionally tell a story with just his ukulele.
Since then, I’ve been a big fan of his as well as a good friend…and if you want to experience the emotion that I felt as well as many others, take a listen to my good friend…Herb Ohta Jr.
Nathan Aweau
Since then, I’ve been a big fan of his as well as a good friend…and if you want to experience the emotion that I felt as well as many others, take a listen to my good friend…Herb Ohta Jr.
Nathan Aweau