8th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout!

Sunday May 2

The 8th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout was held May 1 & 2, 2004 on two stages that were set up on the beautiful campus of Kapiolani Community College. "The Wine Stage" was inside the Ohia Cafeteria and "The Lawn Stage" was outdoors (appropriately ;-) on the campus' "Great Lawn".
Oahu's Jazz Community is a fairly small but very supportive crowd of people and they were treated to some of The Hawaiian Islands' best Jazz and Blues musicians as well as some very talented visiting guests from all around the world! Mahalos to all those who helped make this event such a musical success and to all of the fans who came out for this weekend of great music!
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take pictures of everyone that played during the 21 hours of the Blowout but here are some of my pictures from this fantastic, locally produced annual event.

Bassist Lee Humes and Shari Lynn

Drummer Sonny Froman of Shari Lynn and Fascinatin' Rhythm

Trumpeter Valery Ponomarev from New York, N.Y. via Russia!

Guitarist Gilbert Batangan playing with Valery Ponomarev and the "Young Lions"

Drummer Eien Hunter playing with Valery Ponomarev and the "Young Lions"

Trumpeter Valery Ponomarev with "Young Lions" - Saxophonist Aaron Hill and Drummer Eien Hunter

Trumpeter Valery Ponomarev with the "Young Lions" - Mark Tanouye, Gilbert Batangan and Eien Hunter
(not shown Saxophonists Aaron Aranita and Aaron Hill)

Bassist Bruce Hamada and Azure McCall

Pianist Jim Howard playing with Azure McCall

Trombonist Curtis Abe, the leader of the Iolani High School Band

The Iolani High School Band (with Brandon Tucay on drums)

Melody Heidel of Two Shades Of Blue

Guitarist Dale Machado of Two Shades Of Blue

Guitarist/Singer Joey Stuckey from Macon, Georgia.

Pianist/Saxophonist Aaron Aranita performing with Joey Stuckey

Bassist Miles Jackson performing with Joey Stuckey

Drummer Peter Factora getting ready to perform with Joey Stuckey

Cheryl Bartlett

Guitarist Bobby Nishida performing with Cheryl Bartlett

Rachel Gonzales

Pianist Les Peetz performing with Rachel Gonzales

Saxophonist Todd Yukimoto performing with Nueva Vida

Singer Anita Hall performing with Nueva Vida

Trumpeters Bob and Phil Scellato, leaders of the PBS Big Band and PBS Little Big Band

The PBS Little Big Band

Saxophonist John Lundgren wailing with The PBS Little Big Band

German Bassist Martin Zenker performing with The PBS Little Big Band

Trumpeter Deshannon Higa

Pianist Clemens Tobias from New York, N.Y. via Germany

Guitarist Robert Shinoda

Keyboardist Aaron Nelson

Pianist Winston Raval

Drummer Jerome James performing with Pianist Winston Raval

Bassist Lou Benanto performing with Pianist Winston Raval

Trumpeter Marcel Porter during the "Lawn Stage" Finale Jam

Keyboardist Bobby Thursby led the "Wine Stage" Jam Session to bring the 8th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout to a close.

Guitarist Fred Walker performing with Bobby Thursby during the "Wine Stage" Jam Session that brought the 8th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout to a close.

Drummer Victor Murano performing with Bobby Thursby during the "Wine Stage" Jam Session that brought the 8th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout to a close.

See ya next year for the 9th Annual Great Hawaiian Jazz Blowout!

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