Jake Shimabukuro is one of the most exceptional and innovative ukulele players in the history of the instrument. His dazzling fretwork, ambitious repertoire, and wistful melodicism made him an international phenomenon on YouTube. He has collaborated with artists as diverse as Yo-Yo Ma, Jimmy Buffett, and Bette Midler and breathes fresh life into everything from covers of hard-driving rock classics and jazz songbook standards to traditional Hawaiian music and his own original songs.