Jazz

Celebrate arts at our public schools! March is the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s inaugural Fine Arts in our Schools Month. Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba visits ʻEwa Makai Middle School’s Tiger Jazz Band, led by Ms. Leah VanDoran.

21 years since releasing his award winning album "Ohana," Noel Okimoto talks about his childhood as a professional drummer, his friendships, and his new album, "Hō`ihi." Follow Noel and his Ohana Jazz performances @ohanajazzhawaii

Eha Batutas makes their debut performance at a sold out concert at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio on Saturday, July 6. The quartet is made up of Dean Taba, bass, Gustavo D'Amico, saxophone, Rafael Amaral, guitar, and Abe Lagrimas, Jr, drums and each musician will bring in 2 of their compositions for an evening of all original works. Amaral and Taba visit HPR2 to talk about composition, work and the origin of the band.

The week before their sold-out performance at Hawaii Public Radioʻs Hawaii Jazz Performance Series at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio, Tommy James (piano) and Dean Taba (bass) visit Classical Pacific. Drummer Darryl Pellegrini couldnʻt make it because of his teaching schedule, but Taba and James discuss Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington.

Hawaii Public Radioʻs Kelsea Armstrong will be performing with Hot Club of Hulaville at the Atherton Studio this weekend as part of the Hawai`i Jazz Performance Series. Singer Armstrong performs regularly at Jazz Clubs around town, and will be featured in this sold out event.

Maui High School graduate Skyler Stook is a Communicolgy major at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He taught himself to play the guitar and is in the Universityʻs Jazz Ensemble. Skyler Stook brought in his guitar and played music, shared how he got interested in jazz, and offered advice for anyone wanting to learn the guitar.

Jazz and blues fans on Hawaiʻi Island are getting ready to celebrate some of the genre’s top musicians. Several Grammy and Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning artists will be performing at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's oceanfront venue. The lineup includes Donald Harrison, Wayne Toups, John Keawe, Loren Wilken and others.

HPR's Sabrina Boden discusses the staffing shortages at state prisons; The loneliness of young stars around the Milky Way; Local motorcycle racer sets world record; Big Island Jazz and Music Festival's 10th anniversary

Pianist David Benoit, spoke to HPR’s Sharene Taba ahead of his concert with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra

Tonight's show is a mixed bag of a little bit of everything that somehow came together into a cohesive show (I think). Listen to the Audio ArchiveFollow…