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.
by Abi Braceros | Jun 14, 2024 | Artists 2024
Producer, songwriter, musician/multi-instrumentalist Rod Antoon (bassist, keyboardist/organist, drummer, programmer), arranger/composer, and vocalist/singer has toured with artists and groups such as En Vogue, MC Hammer, Cameo, and the Commodores.
by Abi Braceros | Jun 7, 2024 | Artists 2024
Bassist and composer Aron Caceres graduated with honors from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music after studying performance and composition with luminaries such as Reggie Workman, Kirk Nurock, Alexis Cuadrado, Ben Allison, and others. In the past several years Aron has performed in nationally and internationally acclaimed venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, The United Nations, Webster Hall, The Westport Country Playhouse, and Auditorio Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo Brazil. He has performed alongside artists such as Jane Monheit, New York Voices, Robin Eubanks, Luis Bonilla, Jon Faddis, Dave King, Bill Watrous, Bobby Black, Armen Donelian, Lew Tabackin, Monika Herzig and Mark Ferber. In the spring of 2019 Aron was the bassist for Lin Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights” for its commission in Westport, CN. He has toured the USA, Europe, Asia, and South America and has made appearances at Monterey Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazzfest, the Bern Jazz Festival, Ridgefield Jazz Festival, and the San Jose Jazz Festival.
by Abi Braceros | Jun 7, 2024 | Artists 2024
Pianist Caelan Cardello has played and studied with some prominent figures in music today including pop songsmith Bruce Hornsby and jazz artists Jimmy Cobb, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jack Dejohnette, Wallace Roney, and Christian Mcbride and many other jazz greats in New York City’s legendary jazz haunts like Dizzy’s Club, Minton’s Playhouse, Smalls Jazz Club, and The Jazz Standard. Caelan’s musical accomplishments and live performances have garnered him several prestigious awards including the New Jersey Governor’s Award, the James Moody College scholarship award for “outstanding musicianship,” the 2021 BMI Foundation’s Future Jazz Master Award, and the “outstanding soloist” award at the Charles Mingus HS Competition & Festival. Caelan plays both solo and with his trio in New York City, around the tri-state area, and tours throughout the USA. Currrently, he is working toward a Master’s degree in jazz performance at The Juillard School.
