New album to me...Benny Kalama - Echoes of Hawaii
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New album to me...Benny Kalama - Echoes of Hawaii
Hi folks,
Just got an old...slightly worn LP. Benny Kalama and the Hawaiian Village Serenaders from about 1956 or so, "Echoes of Hawaii". Instrumental arrangements with Jules Ah See at the forefront. Really nice tone and playing...on some tracks he shows a bit more "fire" than he usually did in the studio where he was more sedate as a general rule than in live performance. Check out the brief "Na 'Lii" (short for Alii I assume, eg "The Kings"), he plays like a jazz player (which he in many ways, was).
I couldn't find it online so I bought an LP and digitized it but worth seeking out for Jules fans. It sounds like Benny takes a solo break on the uke on Holoholo Ka'a, too.
Just got an old...slightly worn LP. Benny Kalama and the Hawaiian Village Serenaders from about 1956 or so, "Echoes of Hawaii". Instrumental arrangements with Jules Ah See at the forefront. Really nice tone and playing...on some tracks he shows a bit more "fire" than he usually did in the studio where he was more sedate as a general rule than in live performance. Check out the brief "Na 'Lii" (short for Alii I assume, eg "The Kings"), he plays like a jazz player (which he in many ways, was).
I couldn't find it online so I bought an LP and digitized it but worth seeking out for Jules fans. It sounds like Benny takes a solo break on the uke on Holoholo Ka'a, too.
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Is it? I can only find one (lovely) track:Keith Glendinning wrote:It’s on YouTube Nic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH1-T8LIw5w
The Benny Kalama - Topic channel doesn't have this one (has his more recent album on it, though):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw7q-j ... vEVGpYKk8g
But if its up there, somebody may have gotten a better transfer than I, and would love to listen, so a link would be great if you have one!
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Re: New album to me...Benny Kalama - Echoes of Hawaii
Hi Nic, could you upload a scan of the back cover? I'd like to make sure I have the order correct, and any other details. I notice they didn't take much care with Hawaiian spelling.Nic Neufeld wrote:Hi folks,
Just got an old...slightly worn LP. Benny Kalama and the Hawaiian Village Serenaders from about 1956 or so, "Echoes of Hawaii". Instrumental arrangements with Jules Ah See at the forefront.
We would be forgiven for asking why Benny Kalama is credited in the title, when it is obviously a Jules Ah See record. But LP marketing in those days, was a strange milieu of sales-pitches and unrelated advertising. It would also be interesting to know how Itunes think they have right to market it.
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I imagine I found what you have, but I'm guessing it's a "available in this country, not in another" thing...this one comes up unavailable thought it is obviously the whole album:Keith Glendinning wrote:Hi Nic.
“Echoes of Hawaii†search brings up the full album.
Keith.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... ADEVNzH79G
David, I'll see if I can get a photo. The spelling is questionable in spots, and it is amusing in that it refers to Jules as "Sonny Ahsee", there for awhile it seems like Sonny or Sol was every other guy's nickname! Must not have stuck and he went back to Jules. Still, Benny was the bandleader and a very talented arranger so while Jules gave the melodic voice, Benny still probably deserved much of the credit for the production. Some nice vibraphone work on it, too!
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