Holiday Aloha, Jake Shimabukuro Appearing at Blue Note Napa | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Holiday Aloha, Jake Shimabukuro Appearing at Blue Note Napa | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

When Jake Shimabukuro talks about the ukulele, he sounds less like a global touring musician and more like someone still smitten with the instrument he first held at age four. “My mom played ukulele,” he recalls. “She sat me down, taught me a few chords, and I just fell in love.” The small, nylon-strung instrument gave him a feeling kids rarely get so early: mastery. “I got that immediate gratification,” he says. That’s the special nature of the…