by Abi Braceros | Jul 22, 2024 | Artists 2023, Artists 2024
Pianist and vocalist Sal Godinez is a well-known favorite on Maui. He has played with some of Hawaii’s most popular entertainers including Benoit Jazz Works, Amy Hanaialii Gillom, Willie K, and Melveen Leed. Originally from California, Sal has been a professional musician since the age of 15. His first interest was classical music but in college his horizons broadened to jazz, funk, salsa, Brazilian and indigenous genres. Before moving to Maui, he toured across the mainland United States playing with different bands.
by Abi Braceros | Jul 22, 2024 | Artists 2023, Artists 2024
Saxophonist Bruce Boege has played jazz music from Hawaii to Hungary in various groups. He began as the lead guitar player and a singer in the Ravens for a few years then learned the saxophone and began playing jazz in the 1970s with The Bel Isle Trio in Belfast, Maine. He was a member of the Maryanne Driscoll quintet, an avant garde jazz group that toured Hungary, and has played at the Paradise Club in Boston, Birdland in New York City, The Left Bank Cafe in Maine with Miles Evans, and in concerts with James Williams (piano player with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers). Bruce moved to Maui in 2008, played with The Soul Kitchen Band, and setup a recording studio on island mostly to record for others but also to write and record his own songs.
Bruce also operates his Limin Music recording studio in Kihei.
www.liminaudiomusicstudio.com
by Abi Braceros | Jul 22, 2024 | Artists 2023, Artists 2024
A versatile drummer, Jimmy C’s eclectic, street-wise drumming style results from years of layering a variety of musical genres such as jazz-fusion, Dixie-cowboy, and Philly doo-wop: he plays rock ‘n roll, country, and show tunes as well as jazz. Although he mostly performs live, Jimmy is also a recording artist.
