Slack Key jazz is the first recording of classic jazz paired with the nahenahe (sweet) sounds of solo slack key guitar. From Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and Dave Brubeck to George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Norah Jones; the great American songbook is poetically retold with the resonant sounds of slack key. Original pieces affirm Jeff\\\'s creative voice classic Hawaiian songs are spun with the freedom and eloquence of Contemporary and even Brazillian Jazz.

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THE ARTISTRY OF JEFF PETERSON illustrates Jeff's diverse musical influences, from his paniolo roots as a child on Maui to the modern guitar techniques he has mastered. His signature slack key style combines his innovative technique with traditional slack key guitar. Jeff was featured on Hawaii's first GRAMMY® Award-winning CD (Slack Key Guitar Volume 2), and has emerged as a leader among a new generation of slack key guitarists.

 

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Pure Slack Key features a combination of 6 original pieces and traditional Hawaiian songs representing the diversity and depth of the slack key tradition from one of the genre's most accomplished artists. With his 6th album, Jeff Peterson takes the two-century-old Hawaiian kiho`alu (slack key) tradition to a new level, with relaxing, nahenahe (sweet) sounds that lift the spirit and invigorate the soul.

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Haleakala-€œ is the fourth collaboration between kiho`œalu (slack key) guitarist and GRAMMY® winner Jeff Peterson and internationally famous shakuhachi Grand Master Riley Lee. Like their best selling CD, Maui Morning, the Valley Isle of Maui inspired this recording. The shakuhachi (bamboo flute) is ideally suited to Hawaiian music, with its ability to play the soft melodies and rich harmonies, and the slides, bends, and other ornaments, with an expressive quality rivaled only by the human voice. Featuring refreshing interpretations of many of the most celebrated songs from Hawai`œi, Haleakala-€œalso includes four original pieces inspired by the beauty and majesty of the Haleakala-€œ Mountain and the Haleakala-€œ Crater. Haleakala-€œ's soothing nahenahe (sweet) music calms the spirit and invigorates the soul. Learn More

Maui On My Mind presents a vibrant array of new compositions for the island of Maui and its people by Grammy® Award Winner and Multiple Na- Ho-ku- Hanohano Award Winner Jeff Peterson.



Jeff draws on his roots from traditional slack key guitar then reaches far beyond to reveal the Maui of yesterday and today.  From the Paniolo town of Makawao to the depths of the Pu’u Kukui rainforest in the West Maui Mountains, Maui is revealed in these solo instrumental guitar pieces.  New arrangements of classic songs include Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” and Glen Miller’s “In The Mood.” Seventeen songs highlight Jeff’s signature sound that combines innovative technique with traditional Hawaiian style and has allowed him to emerge as a leader among a new generation of slack key guitarists.

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