SANDII SINGS PACIFICLOUNGE CLASSICS

A lounge music album produced by Makoto Kubota and featuring the piano of Rene Paulo, one of Hawaii's leading pianists, and Sandii's vocals, this luxurious collaboration has finally been released digitally.

Rene Paulo was born in 1929 on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He died in 2023 at the age of 92.

Sandii's relaxed, tropical and exotic vocals stand out over a gentle, flowing piano arrangement that evokes a hotel bar lounge, and the ocean, sky, wind, and smells of Hawaii seem to rise up.

The album includes the well-known "Blue Hawai'i" and "Soshu Yakyoku", Frank Sinatra's hit "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Dahil Sa Iyo", a Filipino folk song, and "Kainoa" from the artist, IZ's album, released in 1999. This album is a superb album that will not fade away even if you listen to it now.

The traditional Hawaiian number "Lei Aloha, Lei Makamae" features vocals by Martin Pahinui, whose father is the legendary Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui. He died in 2017 at the age of 65.

This album, featuring talented Hawaiian musicians who are now deceased, must be a rare recording nowadays.