The greatest uke player you have never heard of

johnson430 · Aug 30, 2015

I never see anyone on the forum talk about Takashi Nakumura.
That is until JustinJ shared a few links of him doing some amazing Jazz stuff on my thread about the Pekelo book 1 in the Uke Talk board.

Wow! TN is an amazing player with some awesome techniques.
How come no one talks about this guy?
I did a quick search on the forum and only found one comment about him.

Here is a sample of him "showing off":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaQGXIh94uc

Here are some more links to him playing:

TN doing the Jazz song Spain with a guy on a KALA u-bass ripping it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZM1jdHpxs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hTMwGI69rY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvNR9cptbk

Honestly, watching this guy inspired me to work harder at the uke.
Who else has never heard of this guy until now?
Or how many of you have been keeping him a secret from the rest of us?

ohmless · Aug 30, 2015

I am nearly always impressed by our own Andrew Morse, though I don't believe he is a professional. http://youtu.be/AUR1alvWCMM

I am also amazed at the prowess and variety from Johnny Foodstamp who isn't the most known but one of my favorites. http://youtu.be/3sjK7DV2U3Y

Actually I am very impressed by anyone that can do the 12th street rag.

ohmless · Aug 30, 2015

forgot to mention another couple worthwhile people.

Andy Eastwood is my favorite Formby style player. https://youtu.be/7KcdLAJ9KFg

and our Doug Frink. https://youtu.be/kGBXYeCvhLI

UkerDrew · Aug 30, 2015

Coo stuff. Thanks for the links. I will have to explore his channel further.

Purdy Bear · Aug 30, 2015

It was Jake Shimabukuro and The GB Orchestra of Great Britain that got me started on the Uke, but then I went looking for lady players and found these:

Honoko and Azita - body surfing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4u8n_CjUDY&index=16&list=PLvgviF5YwTE1wC0V1AkXQ_EVi1VtD7plV

Brittni Paiva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm4qnQ98-zU&index=32&list=PLvgviF5YwTE1wC0V1AkXQ_EVi1VtD7plV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98sBEaMvGQc

and for the Mandolin, the extraordinary player Marissa Carroll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL8XhxMLqbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3EWXnzjmE

photoshooter · Aug 30, 2015

Check out this thread. TN is mentioned a couple of times as well as many others worth checking out.
I stumbled onto him on youtube and was very impressed.

JustinJ · Aug 30, 2015

It's truly amazing how versatile a four string instrument can be. In the hands of an artist, the possibilities are almost limitless. I enjoy seeing excellent musicians. I'm like you Johnson430. It encourages me to play.

If you like Takashi solo uke work, you should check out some of his guitar work.

This is Summertime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-zoKGc1eI

I like how he adds a lot of feel to the song. Sometimes Jazz musicians will just play a lot of notes and not keep with the melody. I think he does a nice job of keeping the song interesting while staying with the melody. Also, some of the blues playing adds a nice touch to it.

hawaii 50 · Aug 30, 2015

How about Andreas and Corey..this one was epic.....btw Andreas is playing my new LFDM....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsrSysVsX0M

CactusWren · Aug 30, 2015

There is a guy named sean Reyes who shows up on Pandora. Hawaiian, but eclectic.

Icelander53 · Aug 30, 2015

ohmless said:
forgot to mention another couple worthwhile people.

Andy Eastwood is my favorite Formby style player. https://youtu.be/7KcdLAJ9KFg

and our Doug Frink. https://youtu.be/kGBXYeCvhLI

Thank you for posting these. You made part of my day.

Icelander53 · Aug 30, 2015

ohmless said:
I am nearly always impressed by our own Andrew Morse, though I don't believe he is a professional. http://youtu.be/AUR1alvWCMM

I am also amazed at the prowess and variety from Johnny Foodstamp who isn't the most known but one of my favorites. http://youtu.be/3sjK7DV2U3Y

Actually I am very impressed by anyone that can do the 12th street rag.

same same. wonderful!

johnson430 · Aug 30, 2015

photoshooter said:
Check out this thread. TN is mentioned a couple of times as well as many others worth checking out.
I stumbled onto him on youtube and was very impressed.

Thanks for the link photoshooter. BTW, what do you shoot with? I use a Nikon D90.

johnson430 · Aug 30, 2015

CactusWren said:
There is a guy named sean Reyes who shows up on Pandora. Hawaiian, but eclectic.

Do you have a link to his soundcloud? Thanks.

johnson430 · Aug 30, 2015

hawaii 50 said:
How about Andreas and Corey..this one was epic.....btw Andreas is playing my new LFDM....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsrSysVsX0M

But we all know these guys. Don't get me wrong, they are great players. I was hoping to enlighten folks about the obscure or less talked about innovative players like Takashi Nakumura. No one really talks about him and he is freakin' amazing. Even if Jazz isn't your forte.
Thanks for sharing this though.

hawaii 50 · Aug 30, 2015

johnson430 said:
But we all know these guys. Don't get me wrong, they are great players. I was hoping to enlighten folks about the obscure or less talked about innovative players like Takashi Nakumura. No one really talks about him and he is freakin' amazing. Even if Jazz isn't your forte.
Thanks for sharing this though.

sorry..i know everyone knows Corey but i never heard of Andreas David from Berlin before i met him here in Hawaii.....pretty sure he is an unknown uke player in the US....he might not be the greatest ukulele player but he is pretty good.....

CactusWren · Aug 31, 2015

No, but here is his website with some samples.

http://www.shaunreyes.com/music.htm

(I mispelled his name in my post)

johnson430 · Aug 31, 2015

CactusWren said:
No, but here is his website with some samples.

http://www.shaunreyes.com/music.htm

(I mispelled his name in my post)

^^^^^^
That is why I was having a hard time finding him. Thanks for the clarification and the link, CactusWren. =)

Nickie · Aug 31, 2015

Wow, it seems there is no end to awesome ukulele players out there. They certainly are inspiring. Thanks for giving us these links guys!

tangimango · Aug 31, 2015

can anyone else do this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkyE1aN_50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFW1GUR074Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slM194PVyYM

JustinJ · Aug 31, 2015

Look at the end of this video to see James Hill playing like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF5HsIpH5qY

tangimango said:
can anyone else do this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YkyE1aN_50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFW1GUR074Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slM194PVyYM

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