ʻO Nina Simone he mele mele, haku mele, hoʻonohonoho a me ka mea hoʻokani piano. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i nā mele jazz, akā hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā ʻano mea hana like ʻole. Hoʻohui akamai ʻo Nina i ka jazz, soul, pop music, gospel and blues i nā haku mele, hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā haku me kahi orkestra nui. Hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe iā Simone ma ke ʻano he mele mele me kahi ʻano ikaika. ʻO Nina impulsive, mālamalama a kupaianaha […]
Jazz
Ua kū mai ʻo Jazz ma lalo o ka mana o nā mele ʻApelika. ʻO ka haʻi mua ʻana o ke ʻano i ʻike ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1910 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua komo mālie ʻo ia i nā kihi a pau o ka honua. Hōʻike ʻia ka hapa nui o nā ʻano jazz e ke koʻi, ka leo leo, improvisation, a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā riffs.
ʻO ke kumu o ke ʻano: melody, rhythm, harmony. ʻO kāna hiʻohiʻona nui ke kūʻokoʻa o ka rhythm. Ho'āla ka Jazz i ka poʻe mele i ke ʻano o ka māmā a me ke kūʻokoʻa. He mea nui ka Pulsation no ka jazz.
Loaʻa i ka Jazz nā hiʻohiʻona e like me nā mele ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Aneane hiki i kēlā me kēia mea kani ke kani me he mea kani. I ka hana ʻana o nā mele, hoʻohana ʻia nā leo kamaʻilio kaulana.
ʻO wai ke aʻo i ka manu e hīmeni? He ninau naaupo loa keia. Hānau ʻia ka manu me kēia kāhea. Nona, ʻo ke mele a me ka hanu ʻana he mau manaʻo like. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani kaulana loa o ke kenekulia i hala, ʻo Charlie Parker, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Bird. He moʻolelo jazz make ʻole ʻo Charlie. ʻO ka saxophonist ʻAmelika a me ka haku mele nāna […]
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Eva Cassidy ma Pepeluali 2, 1963 ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Maryland. 7 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o kā lāua kaikamahine, ua hoʻoholo nā mākua e hoʻololi i ko lākou wahi noho. Ua neʻe lākou i kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e kū kokoke ana i Wakinekona. Ma laila i hala ai ka wā kamaliʻi o ka mea kaulana e hiki mai ana. Ua makemake nui ke kaikunane o ke kaikamahine i ke mele. Mahalo iā ʻoe no kāu talena […]
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Joni Mitchell i ka makahiki 1943 ma Alberta, kahi i noho ai ʻo ia i kona wā kamaliʻi. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ke kaikamahine mai kāna mau hoa, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka hoihoi i ka hana. Ua hoihoi ke kaikamahine i na ano hana like ole, aka, o ka nui o kona makemake i ke kaha kii. Ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ke kula, ua komo ʻo ia i ke Koleke Pena kiʻi ma ke kula kiʻi kiʻi. Nui nā ʻano […]
Hiki ke kapa ʻia ke mele o Touch & Go he moʻolelo kahiko. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo nā kani kelepona paʻalima a me ka hoʻokani pila o nā pāʻoihana he moʻolelo kahiko a kamaʻāina. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e lohe wale i nā leo o ka pū a me kekahi o nā leo ʻoi loa o ka honua mele hou - a hoʻomanaʻo koke nā mea a pau i nā mele mau loa o ka hui. ʻāpana […]
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Katie Melua ma ka lā 16 o Kepakemapa, 1984 ma Kutaisi. No ka neʻe pinepine ʻana o ka ʻohana o ke kaikamahine, ua hala kona wā kamaliʻi ma Tbilisi a me Batumi. Ua pono au e hele ma muli o ka hana a koʻu makuakāne, he kauka ʻoka. A i ka makahiki 8, ua haʻalele ʻo Katie i kona ʻāina hānau, a noho pū me kona ʻohana ma Northern Ireland, ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Belfast. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hele ʻana i nā manawa āpau, […]
