Over the past two decades, Jake Shimabukuro has proved that there isn’t a style of music that he can’t play. While versatility for any musician is impressive, what’s remarkable about Shimabukuro’s transcendent skills is how he explores his seemingly limitless vocabulary – whether it’s jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, folk or even classical – on perhaps the unlikeliest of instruments: the ‘ukulele. Responding to the urgent calls of his fervent imagination, the Hawai’i-born virtuoso has taken the ‘ukulele to points previously thought impossible, and in the process he’s reinvented the applications for this tiny, heretofore underappreciated four-string instrument, causing many to call him “the Jimi Hendrix of the ‘ukulele.”
Jake & Friends Album Release Event https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1lPKqmggPOWKb
Make no mistake—these aren’t rote cover versions. “A Day in the Life” captures the cascading flourish of the original, even as @JakeShimabukuro’s stunningly strummed ukulele takes it into another dimension entirely. https://americansongwriter.com/review-its-the-ukulele-for-jake-shimabukuro/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1636819879
Ever heard of @JakeShimabukuro? If you haven't allow us to introduce you to the man who's been called the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele: https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/07/06/local-news/jimi-hendrix-ukulele-jake-shimabukuro
