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Performer: Jake ShimabukuroEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-08-26
Music Label: Hitchhike Records
Soundtracks:
- Crosscurrent
- Toastman's Dilemma
- Fragile
- I've Been Thinking
- Wish On My Star
- Spain
- Mrs. Robinson
- Skyline
- Orange World
- When You're Down
- Beat Of My Heart
- Hana
Music reviews of Crosscurrent
Music Review: Take the Stairs
Rating: 2 Stars
It's elevator music. Make that Muzak. Sometimes it's pretty, but it's only skin deep. Jake Shimabukuro and a band of "guest musicians" deliver twelve formulaic instrumentals in just over forty-five minutes on this, his second CD. Tracks include covers of Chick Corea's Spain and Mrs. Robinson (!) by Paul Simon, as well as eight Shimabukuro originals. As a composer, Jake (as his fans call him) doesn't have a lot to say, which is an insurmountable impediment in taking this Sony Music Japan release seriously. A cute theme, a little jamming, a contrasting cute theme, recapitulation, a big finish. Over and over. To be sure, there is plenty of sound and fury: Shimabukuro's trademark manic strumming, burp-gun solos, distortion pedal effects. But signifying nothing. The production is first rate as long as you don't dwell on how a ukulele would really sound backed up by a brass section, strings or a set of drums. In the end this is just a competent, assembly-line product that will probably sell a lot of units. Play it backwards and you might hear someone chanting "Music is a business. Music is a business."
Description of Crosscurrent
Mr. Fast Fingers continues to give the ukulele greater prominence, wider appeal, increasing respect.Good Vibes, from start to end, Shimabukuro is the unchallenged ukulele master.
Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser, August 24, 2003
This album further expands the appeal of the simple instrument with playing styles that tap jazz, rock, pop, blues, and occasionally, a hint of Japanese seasoning.
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