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Among Hawaii’s musicians redefining the traditional scope of the ukulele, Benny Chong reigns supreme as a virtuoso jazz player. Best known as a founding member and guitarist for Don Ho’s backing group, the Aliis, Chong has been honored with a Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2012 he won a Hoku award for Jazz Album of the Year for his CD, “Ukulele Jazz: Live in Concert at Hilo, Hawaii.” In the world of solo ukulele playing, very few musicians specialize in jazz.