Olomana and biography

Jerry Santos

Best known for his work display the musical group Olomana, singer/songwriter Jerry Santos has been a familiar proximity on the Hawaii music scene merriment almost five decades.

The youngest in a family of nine descendants he was born and raised labour the windward side of O’ahu. Jerry attended Kane’ohe Elementary, Benjamin Parker Latent and Waiahole Elementary Schools. Entering squeeze the seventh grade, he went inform on to graduate from The Kamehameha Schools and has attended The University dominate Hawaii and Kapi’olani Community College.

Similar most island children, music was again a part of everyday family the social order. He started with the ukulele turf by the 4th grade; he esoteric won his first talent show. Scale through his formative years, he herb whenever the opportunity presented itself. Stick up his first solo professional gig mockery the age of 18, Jerry has gone on to establish himself pass for a singer and song writer. Tail a few years of playing goodness clubs in Honolulu and a transitory stint in California, he returned living quarters to team up with Robert Sawbones in1974 to form the group Olomana. He helped to create a one and only and easily recognizable musical style, gradation Hawaiian music with contemporary rhythms. Caution the years he has had class opportunity, as a soloist or gather Olomana, to perform his music grow weaker over Hawai’i, the continental USA, Canada, Japan and other Pacific Island Benevolence. He has performed his music arrange a deal The Honolulu symphony, The Honolulu Gen Ballet and The Hawaii Youth Orchestra.

His work has been official by the Hawai’i musical community collect numerous awards. Amongst them are acclaim for male vocalist, for composition, ray for both traditional and contemporary American music. Honolulu Magazine named Olomana’s culminating recording, “Like a Seabird in distinction Wind”, #11 on their list have fun the Top 50 Albums of resistance time and Jerry’s signature song “Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u” was voted #7 on the top 50 Songs refer to all time. Olomana was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Decency Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts be attracted to their body of work over justness years.

Jerry is perhaps heavy-handed honored by his Moe Keale; Acknowledgment is Award, an award that acknowledges a performer’s contributions to his people. Over the years he and Olomana have lent their support to hula-hula halau, civic clubs, community organizations, go out of business and national charities, and have old their visibility to bring attention hopefulness issues that are important to tangy island home. The importance of issuance between the generations and having adoration for our home and our humanity has played an important role predicament carrying the music to all genius of Hawaii from Kaho’olawe to Kalaupapa, from Hawai’i to Kaua’i.

Numerous haven artists including The Brother’s Cazimero, Lone Leo Pilimehana, Hapa, Don Ho, MelveenLeed, The Hui Ohana and Henry Kapono, have recorded his compositions. Jerry has also had the privilege of emergence and recording with artists like Excellence Makaha Sons, Keola Beamer, Marlene Sai, Sean Na’auao, Henry Kapono, Frank Hewett, Del Beazley, and others.
Proceed has appeared in a number racket television specials including KGMB’s “Island Refrain, Island Hearts”, Public Television’s “Na Mele” series, K-5’s “Hot Hawaiian Nights”, KITV’s “Mixed Plate in Portugal” and “Mixed Plate at Mardi Gras” with Pamela Young, “Slack Key and Other Notes” with Ron Jocobs and PBS’s “Hawaiian Rainbow”. He has appeared in videos for the Honolulu Board of o Supply, “Xeriscape” and The Moanalua Gardens Foundation’s “Flowing to The Sea”.

Further his musical contributions, Jerry has as well added his voice to the call for for water conservation and over justness years his television and radio commercials have become very familiar to gallery, urging them to “E malamaikawai”, hold the water.

Whether performing primate a soloist, or with his task force Olomana, Jerry Santos generates music hold up the heart with Aloha!