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94.7 KUMU Presents
HIROSHIMA
Sat, 28 Apr, 6:30 PM HST
Doors open
5:00 PM HST
Blue Note Hawaii
2335 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
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94.7 KUMU Presents
HIROSHIMA
Hiroshima, a group whose music falls between R&B, pop, world music, and jazz, has long had its own niche. The band integrates traditional Japanese instruments into their musical blend and has created a rich sound both utterly unique and irresistibly relatable. Worldwide sales in excess of 4 million and multiple gold records attest to their appeal.
In the three-plus decades since Hiroshima first convened, the Los Angeles-based ensemble of Dan Kuramoto (keyboards/woodwinds/composer/producer), virtuoso June Kuramoto (koto/composer), Kimo Cornwell (piano/keyboards/composer), Danny Yamamoto (drums/percussion), Dean Cortez (bass) have blended jazz, R&B, pop, and rock with traditional Japanese folk music and instruments. The resulting sound was a pioneering voice in the contemporary world music movement of the late 20th century.
Ever evolving, the multi-Grammy-nominated group, highlighted by the sound of June Kuramoto’s shimmering koto (noted by Stanley Clarke to be the world’s best) creates
music and sounds totally unique -- with depth, heart and soul.
VIP Seating includes choice of seat in Reserved Premium Seating
Seating is First Come, First Served
$10 Food or Beverage Minimum Per Person Once Seated; Full Bar & Full Dinner Menu Available
Limited kama'aina discounts available. Call 808.777.4890 for details. Discounts do not apply to prior ticket purchases. No refunds or exchanges. Please make sure you purchase tickets for the correct date and time. Mahalo!
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Age Limit
All Ages

Smooth Jazz
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA
Smooth Jazz
Based in California, the group was formed in 1974 by Dan Kuramoto and June Kuramoto.
Hiroshima’s debut album sold more than 100,000 copies in its first three months. The band’s second album yielded the song “Winds of Change”, which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Instrumental. Hiroshima has released seventeen full length albums. The group earned its first gold album in 1985 with Another Place and a second gold album with Go. The album Legacy was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category in 2010. Hiroshima has sold more than four million albums worldwide. Hiroshima consists of Dan Kuramoto (saxophone, flute, keyboards, shakuhachi), June Kuramoto (koto) Kimo Cornwell (keyboards), Dean Cortez (bass guitar), and Danny Yamamoto (drums and taiko).
Hiroshima was given the Visionary Award by East West Players, the oldest Asian Pacific American theatre company in the United States,[3] for the band’s “impact on the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their artistic excellence and support of the Asian Pacific American performing arts.
The group’s newest single “Watercolors” is currently in radio rotation on Sirius XM and charted on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz chart.