ビヨンド・ザ・ブレイク

1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2. Ave Maria
3. Wish On My Star
4. Shakura
5. The Star-Spangled Banner
6. Let’s Dance
7. Misty
8. Spain
9. Heartbeat/Dragon
10. Blue Roses Falling
11. Grandma’s Groove
12. Breathe
13. Angel
14. Lazy Jane
15. Hula Girl
16. Beyond The Break
17. Wish On My Star (vocal version)

発売日：2006年9月19日(火)
レーベル：Hitchhike Records

レビュー (Amazon)
You'll forget all the Tiny Tim, Don Ho, and Hawaiian-music jokes about the ukulele when you hear Gently Weeps, which leaves behind the Roaring Twenties strum and plinky-dink sound of most such music. Jake Shimabukuro sets the tone with the lead-off track from which he takes the album's title, George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," unfolding the vulnerable undertow of Harrison's epic lament. A string of covers follows, as Shimabukuro touches the serene with Schubert's "Ave Maria," evokes a Japanese koto on a Zen-like version of "Sakura," and turns "The Star-Spangled Banner" into a lament. But Shimabukuro's original tunes are just as full of plucked nuance, especially "Heartbeat Dragon," where he uses a slight delay to create a quietly joyful Celtic air. However, don't think it's all wistful melancholy. Shimabukuro whips it out on original tracks like "Let's Dance," alternating hard rhythmic chops with flamenco-like strums. His take on Erroll Garner's "Misty" is a little jive, though I'm sure the hot jazz middle-section pumps the crowds up. Chick Corea's "Spain" fares much better and still scores high on the flash quotient. You just can't keep a fret-burner down, even when his fretboard is toy-sized. You can't keep the Hawaiian out either. Its gentle sway turns up on the sweetly laconic "Angel." A few bonus tracks of generic fusion at the end detract from the solo purity and intimate mood that Shimabukuro creates, but Gently Weeps is a joy until then. --John Diliberto

1. Hula Girl
2. Beyond The Break
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps -solo-
4. Angel
5. Over The Rainbow
6. Coffee Talk
7. Let's Dance -solo-
8. Heartbeat/Dragon -solo-
9. Hey Little Lady
10. Breathe -solo-
11. Wish On My Star -solo-
12. Lazy Jane
13. Touch -solo-
14. Spain -solo-
15. On The Road
16. The Stars Spangled Banner -solo-

発売日：2006年6月14日(水)
レーベル：ソニー・ミュージックジャパンインターナショナル

1. A RIZE
2. BTY
3. A RIZE (instrumental)

発売日：2008年5月21日(水)
レーベル：SMR(SME)(M)