Jake Shimabukuro

American ukulele player and composer

Born: 3 November 1976
Honolulu
Country: United States
Active: 1998–
Record labels: Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Discography: 28 albums

Biography

Jake Shimabukuro is a jazz musician who plays ukulele. Jake Shimabukuro was born on 3 November 1976 in Honolulu. The music is usually filed under J-pop. Record labels: Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The discography here lists 28 albums, from “Skyline” (2002) to “Calm Seas” (2026).

Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is an American ukulele player 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 American film 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.

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