
Hawaiʻi Jazz All-Stars
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Hawaiʻi Jazz All-Stars
Hawaiʻi Jazz All-Stars
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Hawaiʻi Jazz All-Stars
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Hawaiʻi Jazz All-Stars
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IS ♪ HILI HEWA KAHI MANAO LA ♪ KE OLE KE KUKAKUKA ♪ MAKAHEWA WALE KUU LIA ANA LA ♪ I KA PO AME KE AO ♪ KUHI AU A HE IA ONO LA ♪ KA PUU KE MOMONI NEI ♪ MAKAHEWA WALE KUU LIA ANA LA ♪ I KA PO AME KE AO (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HAINA MAI KA PUANA LA ♪ KE OLE KE KUKAKUKA ♪ MAKAHEWA WALE KUU LIA ANA LA ♪ I KA PO AME KE AO ♪ HAINA MAI KA PUANA LA ♪ KE OLE KE KUKAKUKA ♪ MAKAHEWA WALE KUU LIA ANA LA ♪ I KA PO AME KE AO >> WE'D LIKE TO DO A SONG NOW THAT WAS WRITTEN BY QUEEN LILIUOKALANI.
AND IT'S ENTITLED PAOAKALANI.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HE >> OKAY, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL MELODY BY HAWAII'S LAST REIGNING QUEEN.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A SONG BY SOL BRIGHT, AND SORT OF A BEBOP VERSION OF A THING ENTITLED SOPHISTICATED HULA.
WE HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU ON THIS ONE.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HANDS ON YOUR HIPS ♪ DO THE HULA DIPS ♪ SOPHISTICATED HULA, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN ♪ ♪ SWING YOUR PARTNER'S ROUND ♪ SOON YOU'LL TOUCH THE GROUND ♪ SOPHISTICATED HULA, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN ♪ ♪ THE NATIVE HULA DANCE THEY LOVE TO DANCE ♪ ♪ THEY DO THEIR DANCE TO THE BEATING OF DRUMS ♪ ♪ AND NOW SOPHISTICATED HULA'S YOUR CHANCE ♪ ♪ TO DANCE WHILE THE MELODY LASTS ♪ ♪ SO, DANCE TO THE MUSIC SWEET ♪ SOON YOU WILL REPEAT ♪ SOPHISTICATED HULA, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THE NATIVE HULA DANCE THEY LOVE TO DANCE ♪ ♪ THEY DO THEIR DANCE TO THE BEATING OF DRUMS ♪ ♪ AND NOW SOPHISTICATED HULA'S YOUR CHANCE ♪ ♪ TO DANCE WHILE THE MELODY LASTS ♪ ♪ SO DANCE TO THE MUSIC SWEET ♪ SOON YOU WILL REPEAT ♪ SOPHISTICATED HULA, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN ♪ ♪ SOPHISTICATED HULA, IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN ♪ >> OKAY THANKS GUYS AND AND THANK YOU OUR SPECIAL SURPRISE WAS MY DAUGHTER ANGELA, SINGING ON THAT ONE.
THANKS ANGELA.
RIGHT NOW, WE'D LIKE TO FEATURE OUR GUITARIST WHO HAILS FROM MAUI BY THE WAY.
THIS LOVELY SONG, MOLOKAI.
♪ ♪ I FEEL YOUR EVENING BREEZE TONIGHT ♪ ♪ MOLOKAI I'M LONGING FOR YOUR LAUGHTER ♪ ♪ I'LL GAZE UPON YOUR SILENT SHORES ♪ ♪ AND REMINISCE THAT SWEET EMBRACE OF GINGER ♪ ♪ AS NEW YORK CITY WALLS CLOSED IN ♪ ♪ I LONG FOR THE TOUCH OF THE ISLAND ♪ ♪ MOLOKAI, MOLOKAI SWEET HOME (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TUTU REST YOUR WEARY EYES ♪ I MISSED YOUR SMILES ♪ AND LULLABIES IN THE EVENING TIME ♪ ♪ IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE BEEN HOME ♪ ♪ I MISS THE MORNING SUNRISE OF THE COUNTRY SIDE ♪ ♪ I'VE GONE SO FAR TO FIND MY WAY ♪ ♪ THIS TIME I THINK I'LL STAY WITH THE ISLAND ♪ ♪ MOLOKAI, MOLOKAI SWEET HOME ♪ SWEET HOME, MOLOKAI MY SWEET HOME.
HAWAII ♪ ♪ MOLOKAI MY SWEET HOME ♪ HAWAII ♪ OOOO >> YEAH BEAUTIFUL, SAM.
THANKS.
RIGHT NOW WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE PACE ON THE SONG, THE ONE THAT GABBY BEING MADE FAMOUS BUT WRITTEN BY ACTUALLY BY CARLOS ANDRADE AND PAT COCKETT.
AND WE GIVE SORT OF A CITY STYLE VERSION TO THIS OTHERWISE LOVELY SONG KNOWN AS MOONLIGHT LADY.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU WORK IN THE FIELDS BY DAY ♪ ♪ IN THE SUN WHILE YOUR CHILDREN PLAY ♪ ♪ RIVER SINGS THEIR LULLABIES ♪ AND RAINBOWS FILL THEIR YOUTHFUL EYES ♪ ♪ MOONLIGHT LADY, ARMS STRONG AS THE VALLEY WALLS ♪ ♪ NOT TOO MANY MEN FORGET YOUR TOUCH ♪ ♪ MOONLIGHT LADY, EYES DARK AS THE MIDNIGHT SKY ♪ ♪ NOT TOO MANY MEN FORGET YOUR SMILE ♪ ♪ MOONLIGHT LADY, VOICE LIKE A RUNNING STREAM ♪ ♪ NOT TOO MANY MEN FORGET YOUR SONG ♪ >> WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS NEXT SONG WHICH IS USED AS THE TRADITIONAL CLOSER AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE MIGHT CALL A SORT OF NEW AGE VERSION OF HAWAII ALOHA.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT JUST ABOUT BRINGS US TO THE CLOSE OF OUR JAZZ JOURNEY THROUGH HAWAIIAN MUSIC.
IT'S A JOURNEY BUT IT'S ALSO A SALUTE TO THE, THE RICH MELODIES THAT CONSTITUTE HAWAIIAN MUSIC WHICH MAKE FOR FERTILE SOIL FOR, FOR THESE SORTS OF EXPLORATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH A TRADITIONAL SONG AND OUR OWN ARRANGEMENT OF THE WELL-KNOWN SONG ENTITLED KANAKA WAIWAI.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> NA MELE TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN SONG IS MADE POSSIBLE BY LOUIS VUITTON, HAWAII, AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE LOUIS VUITTON GULF CUP 2000 CHARITY TOURNAMENT.
LOUIE VUITTON HAWAII, PROUDLY SUPPORTING HAWAII'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.
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