Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas is genre melding of the best sort: incredible guitar playing in the Hawaiian tradition dominates the disc, but the material is mostly familiar holiday carols. The result is a truly original and refreshingly low-key take on Christmas music. Keola Beamer's version of "Away in a Manger" is filled with jazzy bass touches; Led Kaapana and Bob Brozman's "Jingle Bells" is a hard-driving and virtuosic showpiece, with Brozman seemingly working the entire fretboard; and Bla Pahanui's arrangement of "O Come All Ye Faithful" is gorgeous and creative. Ozzie Kotani's "First Noel" is understated but a touch too sentimental and the three vocal tracks--by Dennis Kamakahi, Leonard Kwan, and Joanie & Ruth Komatsu--seem out of place amid all these lush guitar textures. That said, this is still a great album and a wonderful alternative for guitar lovers who've worn out their copies of John Fahey's legendary Christmas album.
From Rhythm Magazine
When the holidays approach and you want to get in the Christmas mood, you don't usually think of Hawaii or slack key guitars. But after listening to Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas, you will. This fine follow-up to the award winning 1996 release KiHo'alu Christmas features the finest guitarists in Hawaii trying their hand at these old classics. Where other compilations merely slap a certain style on top of the songs, this collection allows these guitar masters to find the shadings, nuances, and harmonics of the classics, making them both traditional and new at the same time. The fourteen tracks are divided into three vocals and eleven instrumentals, allowing the beautiful slack key styling to take the spotlight. Mahalo to all the guitarists, Dancing Cat, and producer George Winston, for breathing much needed freshness and fun into these oh so familiar Christmas carols.
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1. Jingle Bell Rock - Beal, Joe
2. Joy to the World - Mason, Lowell
3. Silver Bells - Evans, Ray
4. Away in a Manger - Traditional
5. Mele Kalikimaka la Oe - Namakelua, Aunty Al
6. My Hawaiian Christmas - Cummings, Parker
7. Jingle Bells - Pierpont, J.S.
8. Winter Wonderland - Bernard, Felix
9. The First Noel - Sandys, William
10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Oakeley, Frederick
11. Holy, Holy, Holy - Dykes, John B.
12. We Wish You Merry Christmas - Hauole, David
13. O Holy Night - Adam, Adolphe
14. Auld Lang Syne - Burns, Robert
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