Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro is a ukulele player from Honolulu, Hawaii, who took up the instrument at the age of four. His playing is built on fast, complex finger work and ranges across jazz, blues, rock, bluegrass, classical and folk. A 2006 video of him playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" went viral on YouTube and launched an international career, and "Trio" (2020) topped Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.