FINDING THE BOTTOM LINE: The Hawaii Contrabass Festival begins Sunday, a week of classes and concerts celebrating the lowest of string instruments. Bruce Hamada, John Kolivas and Steve Jones of the Honolulu Jazz Quartet are among the artists performing.
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