Ozzie Kotani
Ozzie Kotani, a guitarist and slack-key guitar player, was born in 1956 in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He began playing the ukulele in fourth grade but developed an
interest in kī hō‘alu, or Hawaiian slack key guitar, during high school after
hearing Keola Beamer on the radio. In 1975, Kotani enrolled in Peter Medeiros'
slack key guitar class at the University of Hawaii Continuing Education program
and later studied privately with Sonny Chillingworth. He returned to teach at
the university in 1986. His debut album Classical Slack was released in 1988,
followed by Kani Ki Ho'alu in 1995. Ko...
