From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style

King Bennie Nawahi (Artist), Sol Hoopii (Artist), Andy Iona (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2008)
• Original Release Date: August 3, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Old Masters
• ASIN: B00000JMFU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,331 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard to Get Gertie

2. I Want to Dream by the Old Mill Stream

3. Hula Girl

4. Singing the Blues

5. Buckin' Horse Hula

6. I Went to Hilo

7. That Lovin' Hula

8. Sunkist Hawaii

9. Radio Blues

10. Little Brown Gal

11. Under a Texas Moon

12. Kane's Blues

13. Hano Hano Hawaii

14. When Summer Is Gone

15. Heat Wave

16. Beulah (My Hawaiian Dancing Queen)

17. Someday Sweetheart

18. In a Canoe

19. Keko

20. Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this album, February 24, 2000

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M.W. (Raleigh, N.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style (Audio CD)

-it's an absolute delight from beginning to end. Hawaiian musicians enjoyed immense popularity around the world in the early 20th century, and this collection shows why. Here are 24 tracks by some of the most accomplished practitioners of the genre, combining jazz, pop, and native music, all performed with superb instrumental dexterity. You'll hear the richly textured vocals of Kalama's quartet, the steel guitar improvisations of Sam Ku West, the artful jazz stylings of Andy Aiona, and much, much more. The sound quality is excellent, and detailed notes by Allan Dodge offer a fascinating introduction to this music. Gets my vote for most entertaining album of 1999- 5 stars!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If I could give this ten stars, I would, November 12, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style (Audio CD)

An outstanding collection of Hawaiian and Hawaiianized Tin Pan Alley oldies, complied by Allan Dodge, a founding member of the Cheap Suit Serenaders... and an expert in the field if ever there was one! This collection sticks to a curiously doleful tone -- slower, more bluesy than many classic Hawaiian guitar tunes, although it's all eminently listenable. There are also plenty of oddball cultural collisions, such as the mix of flashy steel guitar picking and cornball Scottish dialect on Sol K. Bright's version of Harry Lauder's music hall oldie, "A Wee Doech an' Doris", which closes the album out. Despite the modest packaging, the sound quality on this disc is quite nice -- better, in fact, than on many of the larger labels which also specialize in vintage Hawaiian music. HIGHLY recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Happy Hawaiian Guitar, June 26, 2002

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Mommy Kind "creepycrawly" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Honolulu To Hollywood: Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style (Audio CD)

After purchasing Sol Hopii Vol 1 & 2, I had to buy this CD. Sol Hoopii performs some of the songs on it along with other Hawaiian guitarists and singers of that time. It makes you think of old Hollywood, the William Randolph Hearst Holywood and it makes you wish you had the album on record instead of on CD so that you could play it faster or slower depending on your taste (the same holds true for Sol Hoopii Vol 1 & 2). It's fun and very nostalgic to listen to.