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Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [a] known for his fast and complex finger work. [2] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [3] Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese ...
Dan "Soupy" Campbell. Billy "Uke" Carpenter. Jason Castro. Ryan Choi. Jacob Collier. Zach Condon ( Beirut) Frank Crumit. Albert "Sonny" Cunha. Cavetown.
Taimane Tauiliili Bobby Gardner, [1] (born February 13, 1989) who often performs under the mononym Taimane, is an American ukulele virtuoso and composer. In 2019, she won a Nā Hōkū Hanohano award, for Favorite Entertainer of the Year. [2] In 2019, Taimane Gardner's song, Water, from her album, Elemental was nominated for Instrumental ...
Hawaii. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument. Ukulele. Years active. 1950s–present. Herb Ohta aka Ohta-san is an American Ukulele player born in 1934 in Hawaii who has recorded solo, as a group and with Andre Popp on the A&M Records label, which was co-owned by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. He is also known as "Ohta-san" in Japan and other Asian ...
American ukulele players (1 C, 78 P) Australian ukulele players (6 P)
May Singhi Breen (née May W. Singhi ; February 24, 1891, New York City – 19 December 1970, New York City) was an American composer, arranger, and ukulelist, who became known as "The Original Ukulele Lady". [2] Her work in the music publishing business spanned several decades. Breen was the driving force in getting the ukulele accepted as a ...
In 2021, Hikaru Nakamura published a Youtube video entitled "Hikaru's Hot Takes on the Ten Best Chess Players of All Time" [53] in which he reviewed a chess.com article on "The 10 Best Chess Players Of All Time." [54] In this video he suggested that it was unfair to exclude Paul Morphy and Viswanathan Anand from the 10 greatest players of all ...
James Hill (born 1980) is a Canadian classically trained musician who has focused on the ukulele, both as his primary instrument and as a method of music instruction for school children. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia . He teaches the ukulele on his platform Uketropolis, which has several courses ...