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Previous Performance
Grammy Award Winning Artist
 Jim "Kimo" West
Hawaiian "slack key" guitarist, producer and composer
Having never even seen Waikiki, Jim "Kimo" West came right to the tiny village of Hana, Maui in 1985 and spent much of his time there for many years. It was in Hana where he first heard the music of Gabby Pahinui, Sons Of Hawaii, Sonny Chillingworth and Atta Isaacs. Already familiar with alternate tunings, the sound of ki ho’alu became rooted deep in his musical landscape.
Kimo is regarded as one of the world’s foremost "ki ho’alu" or Hawaiian "slack key" guitar artists and his music has garnered over seventy-five million spins on streaming services. He is a 2021 Grammy Winner for his recent CD, "More Guitar Stories" and a 2019 Grammy nominee for "Moku Maluhia-Peaceful Island". He is also a 2008 winner of the Hawaii Music Awards and four-time Na Hoku Hanohano (the Hawaiian ‘Grammy’) nominee. He is also a two-time winner of the LA Treasures Award for his efforts in keeping this important acoustic guitar tradition alive. This warm and engaging fingerpicked guitar style has its roots in 1840’s Hawaii, when Mexican vaqueros first brought guitars to the Big Island of Hawaii. If you saw the Oscar-winning film, "The Descendants" you have experienced this great acoustic guitar tradition.
He is a veteran of Hawaii’s famed slack key festivals as well as the So Cal Slack Key Festival every year from 2008 through 2023. He has shared the stage with almost all the world’s top slack key players at one time or another. He has been a featured performer twice on the acclaimed International Guitar Night Tour and will be joining the European tour this fall.
Jim Kimo West's Grammy-nominated album
Moku Maluhia - Peaceful Island |
Jim Kimo West's Grammy-winning album
more guitar stories |
His numerous CD's feature many original compositions as well as inventive arrangements of the genre’s classic repertoire. His seventh CD, "Guitar Stories" goes beyond slack key, exploring other genres like West African guitar, Middle Eastern Music and Americana. "Slackers In Paradise" features duets with slack and steel guitar legend, Ken Emerson and his latest CD, "Moku Maluhia-Peaceful Island" is a mix of "nahenahe" or very relaxing compositions.
Jim Kimo West with "Weird Al" Yankovic and band
For his work as long-time guitarist with "Weird Al", he has earned four Grammy’s and a Billboard #1 CD debut for 2015’s "Mandatory Fun".
Kimo has also worked as a composer for film and TV for many years and maintains a sophisticated private studio in Los Angeles. He has composed music for features films, network TV shows and specials and cable shows. His slack key compositions have been used in a number of features, TV spots, cable, web and in many documentaries.
(Photo by Alla Alabastro)
View additional information at:
https://jimkimowest.com/
View videos by Jim "Kimo" West:
https://tinyurl.com/yd5qt6sg
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Ojai native and resident Maryann Cord, Co-Founder & CEO of Cord International Media Group is producing and promoting the concert for Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts cultural programming. Cord International's Hana Ola Records is known as the first name in vintage Hawaiian music, a music recording and licensing company passionately dedicated to preserving, restoring and releasing lost real Hawaiian music, with a huge catalog of recordings.
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