Hawaii's music culture has grown remarkably over past few years. On this past Hawaii vacation, I explored my first visit to Jazzminds Art & Cafe and it was amazing! Being a lover of Jazz music and its culture, I automatically fell in love with this underground grimy-like environment. Jazz Minds provides live Jazz entertainment 6 nights a week ranging from artist and groups performing local vocal jazz to R&B jazz to Hip Hop jazz. The exterior part of Jazzminds is pretty intimidating as it sits next to dirty strip bars along Kapi'olani Blvd. But as you walk in, it's a whole different world. The brick walls are covered with a variety of local urban paintings and pictures. There are more red love seats and wooden coffee tables than there are chairs and stools. The stage is only about a foot high with a small dance floor in front of it. Alcohol and pupus are served all night. The setting's quite intimate and you seem more attentive to the band as compared to Mai Tais. Most people are sitting or standing against the walls as the set up of the place is more like a concert than a lounge. I love it there.
I went to Jazzminds was on a Wednesday night. Deadbeats is their weekly featured group. Deadbeats, a Hip Hop Jazz and Funk band that started in 2007, was voted for Hawaii's Best Underground Hip Hop Group in 2009. They write their own music and they do covers while adding their style to it. They are siiiick! They're become one of my new favorite bands added to my list. I'm so proud of Hawaii's music.
"The Deadbeats have opened for The Elevaters, Eric Hutchinson , Mos Def, and soon to open for Blue Scholars. They've rocked faces in various venues such as Jazzminds, Element Lounge, Indigo, Bar 35, Mercury Bar, 39 Hotel, Ong King, Nextdoor, The Loft, Pipeline Cafe, Honolulu Academy of Arts, and an occasional house party rager here and there. When it's all said and boiled down, The Deadbeats are here to entertain..."
[Thanks to rymiya for this awesome video, which was shot with a Canon 5d. Isn't it sick?!]
For more videos, check out Deadbeats' myspace music and youtube channel, DBTV. Don't sleep on this.
For more videos, check out Deadbeats' myspace music and youtube channel, DBTV. Don't sleep on this.
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