Sonja
ʻAʻole ʻoe he ʻelemakule loa ... kēia hōʻike hou ʻana i kēia puʻuwai aloha.
I ka makahiki o 99, ua kākau ʻo Alan Tripp i ka poʻo "Best Old Friends" i loko o ke kaiāulu hoʻomaha kahi e noho nei. E pili ana kēia mele i nā makamaka hou he nui āna i hana ai ma laila. Me kahi lā hānau i ka lā hānau 100 makahiki, ʻo kāna hoa noho 88 ona makahiki ʻo Marvin Weisbord, kahi piano jazz, e hoʻokū ana i ka mele i ka mele.
ʻO ia ka moʻumoku i hoʻoikaika i kēia mele kākau mele kūloko. Ua hala ʻo Alania i kahi lōʻihi no ka ʻaʻohe mele hou i kākau ʻia no nā pākeke. No laila hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kākau i nā mele hou. Me kāna hui pū ʻana, ʻo Wynlyn Jazz Ensemble, ua pāʻani ʻo Marvin i nā mele i ola no ko lākou poʻe malihini hoihoi a hoʻokani i kēlā me kēia helu i ka "mele o ka lehulehu".
I ka makahiki o 102, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Alan e lawe i nā mele i ke kikowaena hoʻopaʻa a hoʻopaʻa i kahi album. ʻO ka hopena ka "Puka Holomua Kauoha - nā mele e lawe aku iā ʻoe i nā makahiki 1940 me nā mele i kākau ʻia ma 2020."
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka hōkū a loaʻa nā huaʻolelo mele a me nā mele ʻaneʻi:
