Post #758259 by Fluid Floyd on Tue, Feb 2, 2016 5:12 PM

DON TIKI featuring STARR KALAHIKI

Honolulu’s legendary Don Tiki—the collaborative of stellar musicians, vocalists and dancers that reinvented the jungle jazzy sounds of exotica—brings their A-Team to Blue Note Hawaii February 16–18. Drawing inspiration from the original Mid-Century masters of the exotica sound,
Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Les Baxter, Don Tiki has moved this evocative genre of music into the 21st century. In fact, Denny gave the band his seal of approval when he played on their 1997 debut album, The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki.
The troupe consists of band leader and composer Kit Ebersbach on keyboards, Starr Kalahiki (winner of Jazz album of the year for “Salt”) on vocals, Lopaka Colón on percussion and jungle calls, Abe Lagrimas, Jr. on vibes and percussion, Ryoko Oka on keyboards,
Bonny B. (Spyro Gyra) on drums, Mark Tanouye on bass, and dancer/enchantress Violetta Beretta.

“Don Tiki have a sexy allure, along with flair and a good sense of humor...” ~Time Out/NY
“Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki…it really doesn’t get much better than this!” ~ Anthony Bourdain

A Starr is Born: http://www.summitzine.com/posts/a-starr-is-born/
The Best is Yet to Come: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=starr%20kalahiki%20videos%20-%20the%20best%20is%20yet%20to%20come
Check out our new drummer, Bonny B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8AuhRtW2ic
Abe Lagrimas Jr. and Lopaka Colon cookin’ on Soul Sauce: http://www.dontiki.com/video-live-at-the-doris-duke-t/
Violetta Beretta, Dancer/Enchantress: http://www.dontiki.com/video-live-at-the-doris-duke-t/