HERB OHTA, JR.
“My ʻUkulele World”
LELE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
(LMPCD 1013)
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- Hilo Hula
- Paradise
- Pua Lililehua
- ʻUlu Palakua
- Haleakalā Sunset
- Lēʻahi Morning
- Sanoe
- Noho Paipai
- Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
- Shore Break
- Hanamizuki
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PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Executive Producer(s): Lele Music Productions & Herb Ohta, Jr.
Producer(s): Herb Ohta, Jr. & DJ Pratt
Recording Engineer: D.J. Pratt
Mix & Mastered: DJ Pratt
Photography: Kumagai Akira, Jam International
Graphics: Yuko Porter, Media Etc.
Recording Studio: Blue Planet Sound
GUEST MUSICIANS:
Jon Yamasato – Guitar / Background vocals on “ʻUlupalakua”
Jon Porlas – Percussions
Halehaku Seabury – Hawaiian Language Consultant / Guitar solo on “Noho Paipai”
Randy Aloya – Bass
Garin Poliahu – Drums
Jeff Au Hoy – Steel Guitar
DJ Pratt – Guitar solo on “Shore Break”
My father Ohta-San, Eddie Kamae, Lyle Ritz, Jesse Kalima, Don Baduria, John Lukela, Peter Moon, Byron Yasui, Benny Chong, Gordon Mark, IZ, and Moe Keale paved the way for all of us ʻukulele players of today. With my 12th solo recording, “My ʻUkulele World”, hopefully I can continue down the same path as the ʻukulele musicians before me and create new paths for the younger generations after me.
Aloha
Herb, Jr.
Composed by Joe Kalima about the many beautiful attributes of various areas in the Hilo district and their respective rains and winds associated with each area.
02 Paradise (3:57) Herb T. Ohta, Lele Music Publishing ASCAP
Written in early 2015, Herb wrote this song thinking about how lucky he is being from Hawaiʻi.
03 Pua Lililehua (3:34) Mary Kawena PukuʻI & Kahauanu Lake. Melway ASCAP
Written comparing Kahauanu Lakeʻs wife Maʻiki to the Goddess of Pālolo Valley Lililehua
04 ʻUlupalakua (3:31) John Piʻilani Watkins
An ancient Maui chief would send runners to Kipahulu for breadfruit. When they returned with the fruit, it was ripe. The chief called the district ʻUlupalakua or "breadfruit ripened on the back". The composer visited ʻUlupalakua, in up-country Maui on the southwestern slopes of Haleakala. He was so impressed by the cold mountain air, the scent of ginger, and the cowboy’s, he composed this mele in 1947, to honor the district.
05 Haleakalā Sunset (4:25) Herb T. Ohta & Ukita Family, Lele Music Publishing ASCAP
While visiting Maui with friends from Osaka, Japan, they drove up to Haleakalā summit and watched the sunset. So beautiful, Herb wrote this song after returning to his hotel room.
06 Lēʻahi Morning (4:07) Herb T. Ohta, Lele Music Publishing ASCAP
Herb visits Lēʻahi Hospital time to time to perform for the senior residents. Herb wrote this song and dedicates this song to the residents and staff of Lēʻahi Hospital.
07 Sanoe (4:16) Queen Lydia Liliʻuokalani
This song is about an affair in the royal court.
08 Noho Paipai (4:11) Traditional
Known as the Rocking Chair Hula.
09 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You (3:29) Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. Almo Music Corporation & Universal Music Corporation
Originally recorded by American artist George Benson for his 1984 album 20/20. The song achieved worldwide success in a cover version by Hawaiʻi singer Glenn Medeiros released in 1987. It reached Number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in July 1988.
10 Shore Break (3:08) Herb T. Ohta, Lele Music Publishing ASCAP
This song was written while being at Sandy Beach on the island of Oʻahu.
11 Hanamizuki (4:31) Hitoto You & Mashiko Tatsurou. Nippon Television Music Corporation
Hitoto wrote this song after being inspired to write about her friend she lost from the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. She wrote this song wishing for world peace.
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