http://waitiki.com Featuring the music of The WAITIKI 7 • Mai Tais, Music, and Art Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our education initiative, Exotica in Education, launched last September with a visit by The WAITIKI 7 to the Josiah Quincy Upper School (Boston). More than just a show-and-tell about the instruments and its illustrious bird calls, Exotica in Education is as much about the opening of dialogue about the cultural, ... http://waitiki.com/2010/03/12/waitiki-internationals-exotica-in-education-initiative/ The Waitiki 7's Adventures in Paradise is featured in "Prelude" section of the print edition of JAZZIZ Winter 2010! The Waitiki 7, a born-in-Honolulu ensemble loaded with virtuoso talent, updates the classic exotica mood on Adventures in Paradise (Pass Out)—a 13-track excursion that pays respect to the venerable music's roots while ... http://waitiki.com/2010/01/19/loaded-with-virtuoso-talent-jazziz-winter-2010-review/ Santa Salsera, host of the WXDU program Azucar y Candela speaks highly of our album Adventures in Paradise. Salsera writes: Exotica is back, baby. Not your typical "salsa dura," nonethless, the Latin backbone is authentic, the musical approach pure jazz. This album is a special liqueur. Recapture your own personal cocktail ... http://waitiki.com/2009/11/05/exotica-is-back-this-album-is-a-special-liqueur-wxdu-887-review/ Waitiki 7 has been doing really well on the CMJ (College Music Journal) Jazz charts lately. As of CMJ Issue #1127, we're up to #12! http://waitiki.com/2009/11/04/waitiki-7-hits-12-on-college-radio-cmj-jazz-top-40/ Tom Bock of the Westchester (NY) Herald writes a rave review in the Herald's Sept. 7, 2009 issue: This debut CD from The Waitiki 7, Adventures in Paradise, raises the bar extremely high for both the group and their representatives [Fully Altered Media] ... To the romantic trying to set the ... http://waitiki.com/2009/10/07/needs-to-be-on-your-must-have-list-westchester-herald-review/ Nate Chinen posted a thoughtful commentary on exotica the other day at his blog The Gig. Chinen, who was born and raised in Honolulu, is no stranger to exotica or its musicians—he studied drums with Harold Chang, gigged with many of the Islands' finest jazzers, and wrote remembrances of Arthur ... http://waitiki.com/2009/10/01/this-is-the-band-to-beat-nate-chinen-the-gig/ This just in... Thanks to some serious upward momentum, The Waitiki 7 has made its debut on the main JazzWeek chart. Our jazz chart debut puts us at #23. On the JazzWeek World side, we've moved up to #2! Many thanks to the 70+ stations across North America that have ... http://waitiki.com/2009/09/29/skyrocketing-radio-charts-for-the-waitiki-7/ We stumbled upon a cool post about exotica by The Great White Shank, who kindly included a link to our first quartet album, Charred Mammal Flesh: Exotic Music for BBQ. The GWS graciously amended his post (which is actually a few years old) with a link to the new WAITIKI ... http://waitiki.com/2009/08/20/waitiki-intl-mentioned-on-goodboys-nation-blog/ More praise for our new album... ALARM Magazine names Adventures in Paradise as one of "This Week's Best Albums": Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood, the Waitiki 7 balances a thematic tribute to Martin Denny and musical stars of yore with piano-driven Latin sounds, modern jazz, lounge, and film motifs. ... http://waitiki.com/2009/08/19/adventures-in-paradise-named-this-weeks-best-album-by-alarm-magazine/ Aloha WAITIKI 7 fans, Today is the long-awaited street date for our debut CD, Adventures in Paradise. The disc and mp3s are now available for sale via our Waitiki 7 Shop (preferred), CDFreedom.com, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and many others. Also, for those of you following us on the radio, you can now ... http://waitiki.com/2009/08/18/waitiki-7-cd-street-date-is-today-mother-jones-review/