Together, Abbott and Taylor render what might be termed a cafe-society session together — the kind of savvy, intimate and exhilarating act commonly served in New York's chic and hot spots: a vocalist and an accompanist sashaying through a song list of endearing favorites, many with show origins — the kind of repertoire a Broadway trouper might assemble for his/her off-night serenades for a discriminating audience. Clearly, these Punahou School classmates engage in an artistic labor of love, the voice caressing the notes, the piano engaged in occasional solo interludes to create sound pictures of romantic evenings.

This is a niche audience venture — 18 songs dispensed with elegant and classy demeanor; you can envision the smoke-filled (well, maybe not so much today) room hushed in attentive rapture.

Some cuts are widely popular, such as "Give Me the Simple Life," "Try a Little Tenderness," "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Make Someone Happy," "Secret Love," "Where or When," "For All We Know/I'll Be Seeing You." Others may be lesser known, such as "Close Your Eyes," "Don't Go to Strangers" and "In Love In Vain."

Too bad Abbott and Taylor did not include liner notes about why these specific tunes were assembled — and how they touched their hearts.

Maybe revelations will be plentiful when they perform, with Broadway star Davis Gaines (a longtime Abbott pal) and pianist Carol Anderson, in "Broadway Reflections," at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Hawai'i Theatre.

The fare includes three tracks by Three Plus ("Undercover Lover," "Betcha By Golly Wow," "Do What Lovers Do"), with a smart mix of other acts such as Ho'onu'a ("Sunday, Monday"), Kalaeloa ("Cruise Control"), Ten Feet ("Island Feeling"), Pati ("I Wanna Love You Tonight") and Nuffsed ("Cherry Bomb").

Covers of earlier CDs, pictured on the liner, invite further exploration and examination of acts that might touch a nerve with the listener.