Dennis Kamakahi

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Dennis Kamakahi
Slack key
guitarist, recording artist, music composer

Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi (March 31, 1953 – April 28, 2014) was a Hawaiian

Grammy Award
winner, and in 2009 he was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.

Professional music career

In 1972, Kamakahi became a member of a Hawaiian music group known as Na Leo O Nu'uanu. His first recording with Na Leo O Nu'uanu was the album Ia 'Oe E Ka La Volume 1, released on the Nakahili Productions label with Palani Vaughan. It was the first of a series of albums based on the life of King

The Sunday Manoa and Genoa Keawe
.

It was his tenure with

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
and created Naukilo Publishing Company, a music publishing firm.

From 1988 until 2004, he continued to work with Kamae, recording soundtracks for several Hawaiian documentary films: LI‘A: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man, Listen to the Forest, The Hawaiian Way: The Art and Tradition of Slack Key Music, Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music, Luther Kahekili Makekau: A One Kine Hawaiian Man, Hawaiian Voices: Bridging Past to Present, Sons of Hawai'i: A Sound, A Band, A Legend, Hawaiian Son: The Life and Music of Eddie Kamae and Keepers of the Flame: The Legacy of Three Hawaiian Women, all produced by Eddie and Myrna Kamae as part of the Hawaiian Legacy Foundation series.[3]

Dennis Kamakahi and son David (left) in concert at Keauhou Shopping Center, HI, in October 2001

Kamakahi launched his solo career in 1996, releasing his first slack key guitar CD Pua'ena, (Glow Brightly) co-produced by Howard Johnston and pianist George Winston, under Dancing Cat Records.[4] In 1998 he released his second slack key guitar CD for Dancing Cat Records together with son David Kamakahi on the ukulele. The CD was called ʻOhana (Family).[5] It was soon followed by another Dancing Cat Records release, Hui Aloha (Play Together), featuring both Dennis and David Kamakahi, George Kuo, and Martin Pahinui.

In 2003, under his own recording label, Dennis Kamakahi Productions,[6] he released a second album with son David, The Gift of Music - From Father to Son. The CD included narration between each song to explain its meaning. In 2003, both Kamakahi and David became involved with Disneytoon Studios to provide vocals and instrumentals for the animated film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) as well as its soundtrack, Disney's Lilo & Stitch Island Favorites. It was also at this time that Kamakahi became a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Kamakahi produced an album featuring his son in 2004 entitled Pa'ani (Play). The CD was the first solo ukulele effort of David and garnered a

Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts
for Contemporary Album of the Year in 2005. At that same Award Ceremony, Kamakahi was honored with the Na Hoku Hanohano Kiho'alu Award (Slack Key Award) by the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts.

At the

50th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for the slack key guitar compilation CD Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, part of the second recorded live concert series at the Napilikai Resort Hotel in Kapalua, Maui. He also joined the Music Teachers National Association
that year to continue the teaching and advancement of music composition to students.

Kamakahi was nominated for a third Grammy in 2009 at the

51st Grammy Awards
with the slack key compilation CD The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, a third recorded live series at the Napilikai Resort Hotel in Kapalua, Maui. The CD did not win the award, but Kamakahi did receive his first gold Grammy Nominee medal as a record producer.

Kamakahi was nominated a fourth time for a Grammy Award for his slack key compilation CD

52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010.[7]

In 2009, Kamakahi was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the

Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts as a member of the Sons of Hawaii and inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall Of Fame.[8] Until his death, Kamakahi continued to perform in live concerts in Hawaii and abroad, and teach Hawaiian slack key guitar, the history of Hawaiian songs and their meaning, and songwriting workshops in both Hawaii and the U.S. mainland. He died of lung cancer in 2014.[9]

Awards and recognitions

Discography

  • ‘Ia ‘Oe E Ka La Vol. 1 (1973)
  • Waimea Music Festival (1974)
  • Eddie Kamae presents The Sons of Hawaii HS1001 (1974)
  • The Music of Hawaii - The National Geographic Society (1974)
  • Eddie Kamae presents The Sons of Hawaii HS2002 (1975)
  • Eddie Kamae presents The Sons of Hawaii HS3003 (1976)
  • Eddie Kamae presents The Sons of Hawaii HS4004 (1977)
  • Christmas Time with Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii HS5005 (1978)
  • Eddie Kamae presents the Sons of Hawaii HS6006 (1979)
  • Eddie Kamae presents the Best of the Sons of Hawaii HS7007 (1981)
  • Pua’ena (1996)
  • ‘Ohana (1998)
  • Hui Aloha (1999)
  • Crossroads w/Na ‘Oiwi (2001)
  • Na ‘Oiwi - The Sequel (2002)
  • The Gift of Music - From Father To Son (2003)
  • Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii (2004)
  • David Kamakahi - Pa'Ani (2004)
  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch - DVD (2005)
  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch CD (2005)
  • Dennis Kamakahi - featured artist on Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (2007) (nominated for
    Grammy Award
    (2006)
  • Dennis and David Kamakahi - featured artists on Hawaiian Slack Key Kings (2007) (nominated for Grammy Award (2006)
  • Eddie Kamae and Friends (2006)
  • Dennis Kamakahi receives first
    Grammy Award
    (Hawaiian Music category) for the slack key guitar CD Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live in Maui (2007)
  • Dennis Kamakahi nominated for
    Grammy Award
    (Hawaiian Music category) for the slack key guitar CD Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live in Maui (2008)
  • Dennis Kamakahi receives second
    Grammy Award
    (Hawaiian Music category) for the slack key guitar CD Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live in Maui (2008)
  • Dennis Kamakahi- featured artist on The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Live in Maui (2008)
  • Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii - Yesterday and Today (2008)
  • Dennis Kamakahi- featured artist on The Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Vol. 2 (2009)
  • Dennis Kamakahi - featured artist on Amy Hanaiali'i's CD Friends and Family (2009)
  • Rev. Dennis Kamakahi- The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2009)
  • Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawaii - Yesterday and Today Vol. 2 (2009)
  • Dennis Kamakahi receives third
    Grammy Award
    (Hawaiian Music category) for the slack key guitar CD The Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Vol. 2 (2009)
  • Dennis Kamakahi records on Amy Hanaiali'i and the Hawaiian Slack Key Masters (2010)
  • Dennis Kamakahi featured on movie soundtrack of George Clooney's film The Descendants (2011)
  • Dennis Kamakahi and Stephen Inglis - Waimaka Helelei CD (2011)

References

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  5. Allmusic
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  6. ^ "Home". Dennis Kamakahi Productions. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  7. ^ "The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night". GRAMMY.com. 1964-08-04. Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  8. ^ "Hawaii News, Honolulu, Honolulu News, Sports, Editorial, Features, Travel and Business". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. May 14, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Dennis Kamakahi dies at 61; guitarist was 'ambassador of aloha'". Los Angeles Times. March 31, 1953. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  10. ^ "Past winners 1978-2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  11. ^ "Lifetime awards". Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  12. ^ Paiva, Derek (February 12, 2007). "Slack Key Snags Third Hawaiian Grammy". Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  13. ^ Harada, Wayne (February 11, 2008). "Slack-key compilation album wins Grammy". The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  14. ^ "Wayne Harada CD Review: Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar -Oct 6, 2007". 2009-08-07. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  15. ^ "Hawaii News, Honolulu, Honolulu News, Sports, Editorial, Features, Travel and Business". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. May 14, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.[permanent dead link]
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  17. ^ "Hawaii News, Honolulu, Honolulu News, Sports, Editorial, Features, Travel and Business". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. May 14, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.[permanent dead link]

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