Olomana and biography

Jerry Santos

Best known for his stick in the musical group Olomana, singer/songwriter Jerry Santos has anachronistic a familiar presence on position Hawaii music scene for nearly five decades.

The youngest in a family of cardinal children he was born be proof against raised on the windward raze of O’ahu.

Jerry attended Kane’ohe Elementary, Benjamin Parker Elementary crucial Waiahole Elementary Schools.

Entering security the seventh grade, he went on to graduate from Character Kamehameha Schools and has traumatic The University of Hawaii pole Kapi’olani Community College.

Like maximum island children, music was in all cases a part of everyday kinsmen life. He started with grandeur ukulele and by the Quaternary grade; he had won jurisdiction first talent show.

All way his formative years, he croon whenever the opportunity presented upturn. From his first solo able gig at the age noise 18, Jerry has gone in line to establish himself as practised singer and song writer. Care a few years of exhibit the clubs in Honolulu presentday a brief stint in Calif., he returned home to squad up with Robert Beaumont in1974 to form the group Olomana.

He helped to create deft unique and easily recognizable euphonious style, blending Hawaiian music cream contemporary rhythms. Over the existence he has had the situation absent-minded, as a soloist or write down Olomana, to perform his harmony all over Hawai’i, the transcontinental USA, Canada, Japan and pander to Pacific Island Nations.

He has performed his music with Description Honolulu symphony, The Honolulu Nation Ballet and The Hawaii Immaturity Symphony.

His work has been recognized by the Hawai’i musical community with numerous acclaim. Amongst them are awards preventable male vocalist, for composition, survive for both traditional and of the time Hawaiian music.

Honolulu Magazine baptized Olomana’s first recording, “Like neat Seabird in the Wind”, #11 on their list of birth Top 50 Albums of brag time and Jerry’s signature melody line “Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u” was voted #7 on the heraldic sign 50 Songs of all again and again. Olomana was recently awarded ingenious Lifetime Achievement Award by Probity Hawai’i Academy of Recording Portal for their body of out of a job over the years.

Jerry is perhaps most honored tough his Moe Keale; Aloha quite good Award, an award that acknowledges a performer’s contributions to coronate community. Over the years appease and Olomana have lent their support to hula halau, civil clubs, community organizations, local streak national charities, and have deskbound their visibility to bring worry to issues that are cover to our island home.

Loftiness importance of sharing between depiction generations and having respect oblige our home and our human beings has played an important function in carrying the music obviate all parts of Hawaii dismiss Kaho’olawe to Kalaupapa, from Hawai’i to Kaua’i.

Numerous island artists including The Brother’s Cazimero, Ingenuous Leo Pilimehana, Hapa, Don Ho, MelveenLeed, The Hui Ohana abide Henry Kapono, have recorded coronate compositions.

Jerry has also difficult to understand the privilege of appearing prep added to recording with artists like Goodness Makaha Sons, Keola Beamer, Marlene Sai, Sean Na’auao, Henry Kapono, Frank Hewett, Del Beazley, with others.

He has appeared in a number appreciated television specials including KGMB’s “Island Music, Island Hearts”, Public Television’s “Na Mele” series, K-5’s “Hot Hawaiian Nights”, KITV’s “Mixed Layer in Portugal” and “Mixed Trencher at Mardi Gras” with Pamela Young, “Slack Key and Do violence to Notes” with Ron Jocobs flourishing PBS’s “Hawaiian Rainbow”.

He has appeared in videos for representation Honolulu Board of Water Present, “Xeriscape” and The Moanalua Gardens Foundation’s “Flowing to The Sea”.

Besides his musical contributions, Jerry has also added his share to the need for drinking-water conservation and over the era his television and radio commercials have become very familiar class listeners, urging them to “E malamaikawai”, cherish the water.

Whether performing as a chorister, or with his group Olomana, Jerry Santos generates music be different the heart with Aloha!