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Tuesday, July 22

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Jake Shimabukuro: Fuji Rock Japan Kick Off Shows

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Tuesday, July 22 at 6 pm

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Jake Shimabukuro: Fuji Rock Japan Kick Off Shows

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Tuesday, July 22 at 8:30 pm

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Wednesday, July 23

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Jake Shimabukuro: Fuji Rock Japan Kick Off Shows

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Wednesday, July 23 at 6 pm

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Saturday, November 22

Sony Hall
Jake Shimabukuro

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Saturday, November 22 at 8 pm

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Wednesday, December 10

Arlington Theatre
Jake Shimabukuro's Holidays in Hawai'i

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Wednesday, December 10 at 7:30 pm

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Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii known for his fast and complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls (2007) and Sideways (2009), the Japanese remake of the same name. Well known in Hawai’i and Japan during his early solo career in the early 2000s, Shimabukuro became famous internationally in 2006, when a video of him playing a virtuosic rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was posted on YouTube without his knowledge and became one of the first viral videos on that site. His concert engagements, collaborations with well-known musicians, media appearances, and music production have snowballed since then. In 2012, an award-winning documentary was released tracking his life, career, and music, titled Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings; it has screened in a variety of festivals, aired repeatedly on PBS, and been released on DVD.
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