#jazz

Jul 1, 20213 min read

Joni Mitchell: Blue moves

by Hans Ebert Us outwardly strong men who want to be seen as being in control always get weak in the knees when especially in the...

Aug 7, 20188 min read

Where and when the Hong Kong music scene lost its way…

By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Hong Kong has been Canto Popped and Jazzified. When it comes to music and something remotely...

Sep 11, 20165 min read

HOW GOOD NEW MUSIC CAN MAKE ITSELF HEARD AMIDST THE NEGATIVITY OF HONG KONG

By Hans Ebert It’s just not happening, is it? The more you leave Hong Kong and the more you get out there and meet and listen to bands...

Jan 20, 20167 min read

Can there really be Made In Hong Kong music- good enough for the world?

By Hans Ebert Many want to put the house in order- and put Humpty Dumpty back together again- but, gawd knows, it’s not easy when there’s...

Sep 15, 20143 min read

BONNIE GOKSON, NIKKI YANOFSKY, SEVVA AND ALL THAT JAZZ

There is Jazz and there is Jizz, and most of the Hong Kong-based “jazz singers” are actually singing jizz- an often embarrassing...

Jul 22, 20131 min read

ALL THAT JAZZ

If one can truly “understand” Jazz, something’s just not right. If, musically, the next note or the next solo or the next break can be...

Dec 8, 20114 min read

THE ROUSE: NICOLAS PAYTON

Jazz is DEAD. I’ll let him speak for himself. On Why Jazz Isn’t Cool Anymore . . . . All About Jazz Jazz died in 1959. There maybe cool...