''Sunday Morning'' is
ukulele virtuoso
Jake Shimabukuro's first full-length solo album. It was released in the U.S. in October 2002 by Four Strings Productions /
Hitchhike Records. The album was released in
Japan
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the following year on August 12, 2003 by
Sony Music Distribution
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The album features the ukulele playing many different genres, including jazz, rock, heavy metal, and classical, and consists of five
cover songs and five original compositions by Shimabukuro.
''Sunday Morning'' received the 2003
Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and the 2003
Hawaii Music Award The Hawaii Music Awards were an annual people's-choice awards program established in 1996. The awards were organized and managed by the Music Foundation of Hawaii, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the diversity of music in Hawaii and ...
for Instrumental Hawaiian Album of the Year. The general public also voted Jake Shimabukuro Favorite Entertainer of the Year at the 2003 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for this album.
2003 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
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AllMusic summarized its review of ''Sunday Morning'' by stating, "The range of techniques, the range of genres, the range of sonic possibilities ... are all stunning. This album is a must."[
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Jake Shimabukuro except where noted.
# "Sand Channel"
# "Love Is ..."
# "Selections from Caprice No. 24" ( Paganini)
# "Sunday Morning"
# " My Heart Will Go On" ( Will Jennings)
# "Toastmaker's Revenge"
# " Sleep Walk" ( Santo & Johnny Farina)
# "Let's Dance"
# " Close To You" (Burt Bacharach
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)
# "Crazy G" (Traditional) ive
References
External links
''Sunday Morning''
on Amazon
''Sunday Morning''
on AllMusic
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2002 debut albums
Jake Shimabukuro albums
Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning albums