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Fat Tuesday Records
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Quartetto Desueto
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Sometimes in the early summer months on Kauai, there's a band that comes for a few weeks & keeps everyone dancing the whole time.
All the local players love to jam and hang with them, and they make a considerable mark on the place, and then leave. Like our friend Kirk Smart, most of the
musicians in Quartetto Desueto grew up in the Veneto(northeastern part) of Italy, and so we followed them back to the old country! Read on, at the risk of falling
in love with them like we did, or check out www.quartettodesueto.com.
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Michael Ruff
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Michael Ruff is an internationally known singer/songwriter, pianist/arranger, and producer
with diverse musical interests. Michael has toured, played with or had songs recorded by Chaka Kahn,
David Sanborn, Rickie Lee Jones, Lionel Richie, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, Brenda Russell, Roberta Flack, Karla Bonoff,
Jose Feliciano, Laura Branigan, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, The Winans, Al Jarreau, Kal David, Gerald Albright, Michael Paulo,
and Carl Anderson. He has recently produced CDs for Rob Mehl, Amy Gilliom, Chris Casale and Leilani Rivera Bond.
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Treysara
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Treysara is Trey & Sara Thompson, Trey the jazz bassist and Sara singing, with both writing, arranging
and producing. We worked with Trey on his first solo album, "Holy Ground" (see below). Their new CD, Behind The Moon
features Trey and Sara alongside jazz greats Michael Ruff on piano and Tris Imboden on drums.
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Pancho Graham
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Pancho is well loved in Hawai`i as a slack key player, bass player, singer, composer, producer and surfer. He has recorded
and performed with Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band, Na Pali, Ken Emerson, Leilani Rivera, Kainani Kahaunaele and Kirby Keough to name a few.
Born & raised on O'ahu, Pancho has a special place in his heart for Hawai'ian music, both contemporary and traditional.
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Chelsey Forrest
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Inspired at a young age by artists such as Diana Krall, Sarah McLachlan and Ella Fitzgerald, Chelsey persued
her degree in music - and jazz. On Kaua`i, you might find her performing with Kirk Smart in the Hanalei area.
Chelsey is also a fine photographer, check her photography out
here.
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Trey Thompson
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From his touring days and as a session player in Los Angeles in the late 1970's and '80's,
bassist Trey Thompson's interests in stand-up and electric bass gradually moved towards jazz.
Holy Ground is Trey's debut solo album, and a solid jazz offering of classic and original compositions
presented in small ensemble, where his work shines. Michael Ruff on piano...
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Leilani Rivera Bond
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Leilani Rivera Bond began entertaining as a little girl, performing nightly with her father Larry Rivera
and family at the Coco Palms Resort on Kaua`i. She began hula lessons at an early age, then created and taught
hula to other Coco Palms performers from age 13. She began teaching the hula about 20 years ago as she began
raising her children, and Halau Hula o Leilani now has many keiki and adult students.
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Ken Emerson
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Ken Emerson is one of the world's most highly regarded traditional Hawaiian slack key & steel guitarists living today.
Emerson's unique playing style reflects the Hawaiian guitar's grassroots origins of over a century ago. For over 30 years Emerson has
helped lead the way in resurrecting the traditions of vintage Hawaiian music.
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Slack Key Posse
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Ken Emerson teams up with Pancho Graham, Kirby Keough & Pat Cockett to form a new group, Slack Key Posse. We first worked
with Ken on the Serenity DVD project, and later on his next 2 CD releases, The Jack of Spades and
Slack & Steel-Kauai Style. Pancho and Pat are members of the Kauai group
Na Pali, and have worked with Taj Mahal in the fabulous Hula Blues Band. Kirby, Pancho & Ken have
played as "The Kalalau Trio" for years in a steady gig at the Princeville Hotel Living Room, and around the island. So this
group is new, but already related, some of our closest friends, and players most valued by the community.
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Kirby Keough
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Part Hawaiian and raised on Oahu, Kirby has been Kaua`i's first call stringed instrument
session man for years, playing on GRAMMY and Na Hoku Hanohano nominated albums for Amy Hanaiali`i Gilliom,
Leilani Rivera Bond, Inner Session, Moonbows for Christmas, and many others.
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Allan Thomas
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Allan Thomas got his start writing, performing and recording in the coffee houses of New York in the early 70's.
After some years traveling and working in the west coast scene, he moved to Kaua`i in the 80's and has made surfing and music
his life since. His songs have been covered by The Beamer Brothers, The Hawaiian Style Band, Norman Kaawa Soloman and others.
Check out his latest album, Making Up For Lost Time
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Liko Martin
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I had heard so many rich stories of a fabled songwriter - the "Bob Dylan of Hawai'i" - when Liko called
and ask me to help him finish his backlog of material I was amazed, and still am. We have been busy bringing 4 of his albums,
with material he has written - some of it in the early 70's. His amazing history and reputation as a great Hawaiian storyteller make
for some interesting reading at LikoMartin.com.
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Na Pali
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The blend of ukulele, slack key guitar, string bass and Hawaiian steel guitar may take you back to
an earlier time in Hawaiian music, but each song they play... the lyric, vocal detail, instrumental
finesse and honest approach to the song, will remind you of...Na Pali ! Bandmembers Pat Cockett, Carlos Andrade,
Pancho Graham and Fred Lunt are joined by old friends Keola Beamer, George Winston, Taj Mahal and Buffy Sainte-Marie,
offering up another classic mix of slack key, steel guitar and nahenahe Hawaiian music.
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Rob Mehl
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Growing up on the beaches of California and Hawai`i was enough to pump ocean rhythms and white sand
into Rob Mehl's soul. The San Diego-based singer/songwriter and surfer has been playing and singing about them for years.
Accompanying himself on guitar and `ukulele, his music displays a lifetime love affair with the sea and pays tribute
to all the artists, writers, dreamers, adventurers, and watermen and women who have inspired him over the years.
Recorded on Kaua`i in September 2005, Could You Be More Pacific? kisses the shores of
Hawai`i, California and Mexico, with Michael Ruff producing and a cast of all-stars playing.
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Clyde Letreta
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Singer/songwriter/guitarist Clyde Letreta is Hawai`i born and raised, and his love for the islands
shows in all his work. Clyde has performed for both visitors and locals at his beloved Kalapaki Bay on Kaua`i
for years. With the release of his debut album, Changing Hearts, his songs are now heard throughout the Islands
and around the world. Made on Kaua`i with kokua from producer/arranger Kalapana's Malani Bilyeu and a host of talented Kaua`i players.
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Bob Bangerter
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Singer/songwriter/guitarist Bob Bangerter lives on the isle of Maui. He has released four jazz albums,
three of which have garnered four Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominations. His albums feature some great
players from the Islands, including Michael Ruff.
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Jennifer Barber
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Released in October 2004, No Swimmin' in These Waters is singer/songwriter Jennifer Barber's
fourth solo album. With a cast of world-class musicians and arrangements by Michael Ruff, Jennifer explores
new and vintage music in a soulful blend of pop, R&B and jazz.
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Chris Casale
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Singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris Casale's debut album, Fish Out of Water was just
released in June 2006. Chris climbs out of the box with outstanding lyrics, an original voice and sound in
contemporary alternative rock. Produced by Michael Ruff.
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