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“SUNSET JAZZ” AT LA PIETRA | 1. La Pietra alumnae Lauran Bromley (’76), left, and Debbie Weil-Manuma( ’75) talked with Director of Institutional Advancement Mike Moses, Head of School Mahina Eleneki Hugo and trustee Linda Fernandez well after the sun set at “Sunset Jazz,” a benefit jazz concert featuring Shari Lynn and Jimmy Borges, Sept. 9 on the Great Lawn of La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls at Diamond Head. The weather was perfect as picnicking jazz fans enjoyed performances by Lynn and Borges, Betty Loo Taylor, Byron Yasui & Benny Chong and the Sunset Jazz All-Stars.
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“SUNSET JAZZ” AT LA PIETRA | 1. The Sunset Jazz All-Stars — Jim Howard (piano), left, Steve Jones (bass) and Darryl Pellegrini (drums) — relaxed backstage while Chong and Yasui were playing. The trio did an excellent job backing Lynn and Borges throughout the evening. “The Look of Love” and “Alfie” — presented as a tribute to the late Hal David — were two highlights in a marvelous program.
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“SUNSET JAZZ” AT LA PIETRA | 4. Benny Chong, left, and Byron Yasui watched the show from a picnic table until it was their turn to entertain. The versatile duo opened their set with “Holiday for Strings” and “Sophisticated Hula” arranged for performance on two ukulele. Yasui then switched from ukulele to acoustic bass as they continued with romantic instrumental variations on “The Nearness of You.”
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“SUNSET JAZZ” AT LA PIETRA | 3. Jimmy Borges welcomed “Sunset Jazz” supporters Cynthia Yee, left, Ivy Tam and Doris Grover — members of the Grant Avenue Follies dance troupe — who were visiting from San Francisco. Tam and Borges worked together in Charlie Low’s original Forbidden City nightclub on Sutter Street in San Francisco back in the late ’50s. (In keeping with the nightclub’s Chinese theme, Borges performed there as “Jimmy Jay.”)
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“SUNSET JAZZ” AT LA PIETRA | 2. Shari Lynn, left, the featured female vocalist and a La Pietra faculty member, congratulated La Pietra senior Anie Haywood after her showcase number with the Sunset Jazz All-Stars. It has become a tradition that one of Lynn’s best students performs each year at “Sunset Jazz,” and Haywood’s rendition of “Inseparable” upheld the tradition beautifully.
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