Jake ][ Peace LOVE Ukulele

The Life of Jake...

Tokada Bruce & Jake Shimabukuro 10-12-2010

IMPROVISATION in Dm

aNOTHER sIDE of jAKE sHIMABUKURO

Jake Shimabukuro || Bohemian Rhapsody (Monterey Jazz Festival)

The video is a bit jumpy and incomplete but Jakes delicate touch on the ukulele is a pleasure to listen to, it has a decent sound quality. Enjoy your 5 minutes worth.

TEDx TOKYO Jake Shimabukuro (Yes More!)

A friend sent me this link and said...

"Bear with me a bit---What with Jake at Google and Jake at ideaCity you and your readers may have had enough of Jake for a while. Well this is Jake at TEDxTokyo. Very similar to the 19 minute ideaCity presentation, this is 22 minutes, high quality video. The difference is that here the slow song between Let's Dance and Gently Weeps is Shubert's Ave Maria, and after Gently Weeps he has his arm twisted a bit for another song and he plays In My Life. You should watch this for the two slow songs, which are exquisite and I'm sure you'll enjoy them. "

Underdogs for Peace || ideaCity || Jake Shimabukuro

Jake and his ukulele will speak for themselves...

Jake Shimabukuro @ Na Hoku O Hawaii Music Festival 2010

This is part 3 of 3. Jake is an amazing player. His skills and the speed at which he does them is inspiring. Look at how he has his whole body acting like a metronome. He clearly shows that the ukulele has a wide spectrum of musical genres that it can support.

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The ukulele is becoming deeply imbedded into pop culture. I am constantly hearing it played in commercial jingles -- I wonder what the corporate mind thinks about how the ukulele sound affects us? Have they discovered what the Hawaiian King Kamehameha felt when he heard the Portuguese mariners playing 130 years ago? Jake's hand must be an exemplication of the proverbial "Jumping Flea."

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These 4 string wonders have the advantage of being fairly easy to begin. As the amiable Israel Kamakawiwo'ole said, "Is Easy Brudda, 4 strings, 4 fingers." Is this third wave of mainland and worldwide ukulele renaissance the wave that breaks the ukulele through as a part of musical assimilation? Who knows, but this is a big wave and I am enjoying the ride. HU

Jake talks about the standard GCEA ukulele. Two octaves from C to C to C is where a childs voice seems to fit and gives the ukulele it's playfulness.

I had a hankerin' for some Bluegrass...

This might be my favorite Jake Shimabukuro video, some Bluegrass...



Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer



Ken Middleton

GOOGLE presents JAKE (Click Here)

Here's an hour long video that Jake Shimabukuro fan's will enjoy.

Jake S Improv. con Percussion

PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL / JAKE / CLIP

Jake Shimabukuro

My oldest son, Jason, was listening to Public Radio and called me to turn on an interview of a Ukulele Player on "The World" which is part of Public Radio International (KQED 88.5 in the S.F. Bay Area). I went to the site and found a partial clip but didn't hear the entire interview.

http://www.theworld.org/taxonomy_by_date/2/20081209

http://blip.tv/file/1556751/