Charles Recaido

Charles Recaido is one of the ten guitarists / composers on the 2005 Grammy-winning album "Slack Key Volume 2" , his contributing song being "Kanakanova".

He is a member of the multi-Hoku nominated instrumental guitar trio Kohala, along with Charles Brotman (Grammy-winning producer of 'Slack-key Guitar Vol.2') and Rupert Tripp Jr. (original member of the group Nalu and a Hoku-nominee in the Christian music category). On January 20, 2009 Kohala performed in Washington D.C. at the Hawaii State Society Presidental Inaugural Ball. Their albums have been included on the radio playlists nationally and internationally in The New Age and Smooth Jazz categories. They have toured extensively in Japan and the U.S.

He is a founding member of the late seventies Hawaii group Summer that was part of the contemporary, original music movement in Hawaii, spear-headed by Cecilio & Kapono and Kalapana. On August 23, 2008, these three groups appeared together in concert at the sold-out Waikiki Shell for C&K's 35th anniversary celebration. It was a reunion of the Aloha Stadium show in 1976 that drew 30,000+ people. Summer's first release, "Summer In Malibu", featured five of Charles' originals, one of which is "Forest" which has remained a staple on the local radio airwaves as well as being re-recorded by other artists.

He was also part of the Big Island duo Pahoehoe along with Kevin Teves. They released two albums in the early '90's, 'First Flow' and ' Acoustical Realm'.

He won "Engineer of the Year" and "Best Recording by a Pop Artist" (Summer/ Coconut Tango) for the 1996 inaugural Hawaii Music Awards. He has engineered numerous albums; most notably, all of multiple-Hoku winner John Keawe's solo releases

His forthcoming debut solo album " Life Among The Hills" let's him expand on his skills as a songwriter, arranger, session musician, singer and producer-engineer. Crafting songs that he has writtten over the years into a collection of sonic stories about life and its experiences, they are set to a backdrop of eclectic grooves. It reflects his influences rooted in the jazz, rock, folk, pop, bossa nova and Hawaiian genres with an emphasis on the acoustic guitar