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Ho'ihi
By Noel Okimoto
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cachorra; Up Syndrome; Braying; Karing Karing (for Gabe Baltazar); Patina Ballerina (for the
cymbalsmiths); Lethologica; Longest Day; Wayne-ing Days (for Wayne Shorter); Cachorro; Nine
and a Half; Under the Bottom; Opuscule for Rowan.
Mina Choi: Stories
by Jack Bowers
Who could have guessed that the next wave of world-class big-band composers and arrangers would wash ashore in the U.S. after starting its journey in faraway Asia? In 2024 alone, many composers with roots in the Far East have nourished their credentials with impressive and well- received big-band recordings. Those whose names spring to mind include ...
Noel Okimoto: Ho'ihi
by Jack Bowers
Honolulu-born Noel Okimoto has been playing drums professionally since he was eleven years old. He has learned over the years to supervise the drum kit with equanimity and deference, a standard that Okimoto's octet endorses when approaching the music on his second album as a leader, Ho'ihi (ho-ee-hee), a Hawaiian phrase that translates roughly into “treat ...
Rediscovering PAZ And More
by Bob Osborne
The featured album on the show is a remarkable collection of the work of UK band/collective PAZ which charts their recorded legacy. In addition there is a variety of music released in the latter months 2024 and some of the early releases from 2025.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 PAZ"Crotales" from Variation & Creation : The ...
Live in Hawaii
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: My Shining Hour; Cat City Samba; Blues in the Closet; Star Eyes; Bossa Don; Lester Leaps
In; Stranger in Paradise.
Doug MacDonald: Live in Hawaii
by Jack Bowers
Here is a guitar-led quartet with a couple of fresh angles. First, instead of using a piano, guitarist Doug MacDonald has enlisted vibraphonist Noel Okimoto to provide the harmonic counterpoint; and second, Philadelphia-born MacDonald has temporarily forsaken his decades-long base in Southern California to return “home" to Hawaii, where he began his professional career performing with ...
Harp Happenings: Brandee Younger And Pacific Harp Project
by Dan Bilawsky
Harp happenings are relatively rare in jazz, but they are there. And when two highly agreeable and strikingly different harp-centric affairs appear on your doorstep around the same time, it really makes you stop and take notice of the instrument, its potential, and the players who are moving it forward and outward in various directions. Both ...
Rhythm Summit, an East West Collaborative Project, Releases Debut CD
Featuring: Noel Okimoto, Dean Taba, Kenny Endo—Release Date: August 17, 2010 Rhythm Summit, a unique collaboration bringing together the artistry and musicality of world-class musicians Kenny Endo (taiko drums, bamboo flute, percussion), Noel Okimoto (trap drums, vibes, marimba, percussion), and Dean Taba (bass, kalimba), announces the release of its first CD, Rhythm Summit. Endo, Okimoto, and ...
