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Kalama’s Quartet“Early Hawaiian Classics”CD/CASS 7028
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Buy It Now!
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Mike Hanapi - tenor and falsetto voice, steel guitar; William Kalama - tenor voice, ukulele; Bob Nawahine - bass voice, harp-guitar; Dave Kaleipua Munson - baritone voice, guitar; Bob Matsu - voice and steel guitar.
The Kalama Quartet performed some of the most beautiful Hawaiian music ever recorded. They were one of the few groups to ever use two acoustic steel guitars. Their four-part singing was beautiful and deeply moving. The twenty six selections on this album represent some of the finest Hawaiian vocal and steel guitar music recorded between 1927 and 1932.
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. Medley Of Hulas 2. Inikiniki Malie 3. Tu-Tu-E-, Tu-Tu-Hoi 4. He Manao Healoha 5. Mama E 6. Wahine Ui 7. Na Moku Eha 8. Ua Like No A Like 9. Wai O Minnehaha 10. Palolo 11. On The Beach of Waikiki 12. Maile Lau Li`ili`i 13. Hilo March 14. Hapa Haole Hula Girl 15. Kalamaula 16. Nu Ioka Hula 17. Hoo-Hihi Oe Ke Ike Mai 18. He Olu La No`u 19. Lei Ana Ika Mokihana 20. Heeia 21. Kawika / Liliu E 22. Kaleponi 23. Lei E Hula 24. Hilo Hula 25. Hanohano Hanalei 26. Kuu Lei |
REVIEWS “If you've been transfixed by the modern development of Afro-pop, you might be interested in an even earlier parallel. The Hawaiian music of the 1920s starkly displays the collision of Western pop with indigenous styles; it's probably among the earliest recorded examples of such a hybrid. Combining Hawaiian lyrics, melodies and vocal manners with American conventions (barbershop-type harmonizing, polyphonic blues- and jazz-derived guitar playing), Kalama's Quartet made music on the cusp of two worlds. Some of the oldest selections are the most traditional-flavored, with a percussive style and more chanting than crooning. As rich as these `authentic' pieces are, it's still fascinating to hear the group progress toward a novel, more encompassing sound that the liner notes (by guitarist Bob Brozman) refer to as `hapa haole,' or `part white' a term more commonly used in the islands to describe mixed-race Hawaiians. In fact, music doesn't get much catchier than `Hapa Haole Hula Girl' (lovingly covered some 50 years later by R. Crumb's Cheap Suit Serenaders and recently reissued too). Also available from Arhoolie is the vibrant collection Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, which offers a fascinating look at the hillbilly, swing, blues and pop influences on Hawaiian guitar playing, as well as some vintage, virtuoso chops.”(Dusty Miller — Option) |
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“You will most certainly need to own the Kalama's CD because the vinyl only had fourteen tracks and the CD has 26!!
The Kalama's Quartet was what Hawaiian music was supposed to sound like, falsetto, tenor and bass voices singing in harmony, punchy guitar and uke with two steel guitars weaving musical leis for the ears. Most of the recorded output of the Kalamas is on this CD. They first recorded as a trio in 1927. The song was `Hano Hano Hanolei,' a description of the beauty of Hanalei Bay. This CD not only has that cut but also has the last known recording made by the founder of the group, Mike Hanapi, the 1935 `Kuu Lei' which has Hanapi playing electric lap steel. My all-timer favoriter Hawaiian song is here, the haunting `Hilo Hula' with its minor key instrumental middle section. In Hawaiian music as in blues and Greek Rembetika, speed and thrash is exciting but it takes a special skill to play those very slow, very deep pieces, exemplefied on this CD by `Hilo Hula,' `Kalamaula,' ` and `He Manao Helaoha'.” (Maika Kupa — Folk Roots) |
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