Hana?

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 10 Jul 2015 10:18 am

Anyone know who wrote the Hawaiian standard "Hana" and when?

Anthony Lis · Post by **Anthony Lis** » 10 Jul 2015 7:47 pm

Andy,

Are you sure that "Hana" is the actual title (and not just a repeated word in the text)? For my research, I will often go to Google Books and type in a title plus the word "copyright" and that will often give me the beginning of the copyright-record for a song (enough to usually glean the composer and date-of-copyright). However, using "Hana" and "copyright" there turned nothing up. I suppose it could be a very, very old song that was never copyrighted?

Anthony Lis

Kekoa Blanchet · Post by **Kekoa Blanchet** » 10 Jul 2015 10:29 pm

There is a traditional chant known as the "Hana Chant" which was incorporated into a song by Randy Ngum and Kenneth Makuakane. This song is sometimes known by the same name, "Hana Chant," but also is sometimes called simply "Hana". The first line of the song is "Kaua i ka la'i Hana ke aloha e". Might that be the song you're looking for?

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 11 Jul 2015 1:14 am

This is the tune. I'm working on a book of B11th arrangements and the old arrangement I'm working from is similar to what Jeff plays here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5m3FwufmAY

Don't know if it's a 40s or 50s standard or if Hana is its official name.

Kekoa Blanchet · Post by **Kekoa Blanchet** » 11 Jul 2015 8:42 am

That's a different song from the one I mentioned above. Don't know anything about this one, sorry.

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 11 Jul 2015 4:06 pm

It's on Duke Ching's album ... He's played it many times at HSGA conventions ... Could be a Duke original ?

Duke is the featured "Guest Artist" at this years HSGA Ft. Collins convention ... Oct. 1-3

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 11 Jul 2015 6:42 pm

Digging deep into the All Music Guide, there are hundreds of songs named Hana but they I D Duke as the composer of this one

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 11 Jul 2015 8:11 pm

Don McDiarmid and Robert Miller

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 11 Jul 2015 9:54 pm

DUKE CHING definitely did NOT compose this old Hawaiian standard.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 12 Jul 2015 2:44 am

Thanks Derrick. You too Keoki. Easy to see how errors can be perpetuated for years.

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Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 12 Jul 2015 7:52 am

I believe the cowriter of "Hana" is Don Sr. as opposed to his son for whom the obituary is written.

Derrick, my guess is Robert Miller might be the father of Charles Miller who recorded the song.

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 12 Jul 2015 1:57 pm

Rick Aiello wrote:Could be a Duke original ?

I saw an opportunity to "plug" the Colorado Convention ... And I took it

Anthony Lis · Post by **Anthony Lis** » 12 Jul 2015 2:50 pm

From The Stecheson Classified Song Directory, via Google Books:

Miller HANA MAUI - 1955

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 12 Jul 2015 8:38 pm

Jeff,

Just listened to Harry B. Soria's show on Charles Kaipo Miller, and Harry mentions that he is named after his dad. Robert Miller could be an uncle?