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

King Bennie Nawahi (Artist), Sol Hoopii (Artist), Andy Iona (Artist)

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.com Sales Rank: #118,044 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard to Get Gertie - Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Trio

2. I Want to Dream by the Old Mill Stream - King Nawahi Hawaiians

3. Hula Girl - Andy Iona

4. Singing the Blues - Sol Hoopii

5. Buckin' Horse Hula - Chick Daniels and His Royal Hawaiians, Royal Hawaiians

6. I Went to Hilo - Hawaiians, Johnny Noble

7. That Lovin' Hula - Andy Aiona

8. Sunkist Hawaii - Sam Ku West Harmony Boys

9. Radio Blues - Sol Hoopii

10. Little Brown Gal - Chick Daniels and His Royal Hawaiians, Royal Hawaiians

11. Under a Texas Moon - King Nawahi Hawaiians

12. Kane's Blues - Kane's Hawaiinans

13. Hano Hano Hawaii - Andy Aiona, Sol Hoopi's Trio

14. When Summer Is Gone - Kalama's Quartet

15. Heat Wave - Sol K. Bright, Hollywaiians

16. Beulah (My Hawaiian Dancing Queen) - Andy Iona, The Islanders

17. Someday Sweetheart - Royal Hawaiians, Sam West

18. In a Canoe - Honoluans, David Kaonohi

19. Keko - Andy Aiona

20. Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night - Jim and Bob

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

24 jazz, blues & popular specialties performed Hawaiian style, featuring L.A. Biltmore Hotel Trio, King Nawahi Hawaiians, Sol Hoopii, Chick Daniels, Johnny Noble, Andy Aiona, Sam-Ku-West, Kanes' Hawaiians, Kalama's Quartet & others. Recorded 1927-1935. Tracks include: Hula Girl, Singin' The Blues, Buckin' Horse Hula, Under A Texas Moon, Coffee In The Morning (And Kisses At Night), When Summer Is Gone and many more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

-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!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

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!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.