Guava Jam: Contemporary Hawaiian Folk Music is a record by The Sunday Manoa, of Hawaiian folk music, released in 1969, credited with starting the Second Hawaiian Renaissance

Hawaiian Renaissance

The First and Second Hawaiian Renaissance was the Hawaiian resurgence of a distinct cultural identity that draws upon traditional kānaka maoli culture, with a significant divergence from the tourism-based "culture" which Hawaii was previously known for worldwide .-First Hawaiian...

 in the 1970s. The Sunday Manoa consisted of Peter Moon

Peter Moon (musician)

Peter Moon is a ʻukulele and guitar player.-Career:Peter Moon was born on the island of Oʻahu to Wook and Shay-Yung Moon. From the late 1950s through the 1960s, he gained musical inspiration, insight, and knowledge; playing as a Maile Serenader with Gabby "Pops" Pahinui in the 1960s. Later, in...

 and the brothers Robert and Roland Cazimero

The Brothers Cazimero

The Brothers Cazimero are a Hawaiian musical duo made up of Robert Cazimero on bass and Roland Cazimero on twelve string guitar. Robert also plays piano as a solo musician. The Cazimeros got their start during the Hawaiian Renaissance with ukulele and slack-key guitarist Peter Moon's band, The...

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Track listing

1. "Kawika" (a mele inoa) - (4:55)
2. "Only You" (Paul Meheula) - (3:51)
3. "Heha Wai'p'o" - (3:05)
4. "Kaulana 'O Waimanalo" (Sam Naeole) - (2:54)
5. "Ka'ilauokekoa" (Henry Waiau) - (3:10)
6. "Mehameha" (Rick Bibbs) - (2:52)
7. "He Hawai'i Au" (Ron Rosha, Moon; English translation by Alice Namakela)- (3:45)
8. "Maika'i Ka Makani O Kohala
   Kohala, Hawaii
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   " (W.J. Sheldon) - (3:40)
9. "Ka La'i 'Opua" - (2:25)
10. "Poli Pumehana" (J. Kaahiki) - (2:43)
11. "Guava Jam" - (2:15)

Personnel

• Peter Moon - pahu
  Pahu
  The pahu or pa'u is a traditional musical instrument found in Polynesia: Hawaii, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tokelau. Carved from a single log and covered on the playing end with a stretched sharkskin, the pahu is played with the palms and fingers of the hand...
  
  , kalaau, ukelele, tiple, vocals, slack-key guitar
  Slack-key guitar
  Slack-key guitar is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. Its name refers to its characteristic open tunings: the English term is a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōalu, which means "loosen the [tuning] key"...
  
  , requinta (a small, antique guitar design of Spanish origin)
• Robert Cazimero - ulili, ipu
  Ipu
  Ipu is a percussion instrument made from gourds that is often used to provide a beat for hula dancing.There are two types of ipu, the ipu heke and the ipu heke ole . Both are made from gourds that have been cut off at the neck and hollowed. The ipu heke is two such gourds joined together with a...
  
  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals, ukelele
• Roland Cazimero - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , iliili, 12 string guitar, vocals, bass guitar
• Don McDiarmid Jr. - producer (son of Hawaiian musician Don McDiarmid Sr.)
• Ron Rosha - narration on "Maika'i Ka Makani O Kohala"

Liner notes

Comments by Moon for the track "Guava Jam": "The Sunday Manoa breathes new life into the music of the past, enhancing the flavor of old with the influences of today. Guava Jam means that true Hawaiian music is definitely a local product, and is disciplined and rich with feeling as any other folk music."