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Cazimeros play
By Mary Campbell
Carnegie Hall
Associated PressNEW YORK -- The Brothers Cazimero brought a little island warmth and relaxation to a wintertime New York Pops audience at Carnegie Hall.
The brothers sing harmony while Roland, 49, plays guitar and Robert, 51, plays bass and supplies the humorous commentary between songs. They're as relaxed and mellow as Perry Como and Andy Williams.
Conductor Skitch Henderson invited them to join the New York Pops Friday for the second half of his concert. They began with songs in English, "Hawaiian Paradise," "Hello Honolulu" and "Home in the Islands," pop songs with Hawaiian arrangement for the orchestras the Cazimeros often perform with. The songs contain relaxing lines like "let me rest here when day is through."
When they went on to songs in Hawaiian language, "Ka Wailele O Nu'uanu" and others, Robert Cazimero explained the songs.
Hawaiian music has been influenced by other music, like swing, Robert said. In illustration, three dancers in green cellophane skirts danced along with to "Hula Blues."
Dancer Leina'ala Heine's gestures depicted what they were singing about in a song about a waterfall.
They did a romantic song Robert Cazimero wrote, which -- if one were thinking world music -- sounded Bavarian-influenced. Another tune spoke of jasmine and one, composed as a marriage proposal, compared the woman to a honey flower.
After their last song, "Tropical Baby," one of the dancers put a lei over Henderson's head. The Brothers Cazimero, without the orchestra, played an encore, pulling the audience still deeper into the Hawaiian Islands' dreamy spell.
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