This week we continue a theme started last week when we spoke with Clarence Chang, founder of Jazz World Live Series here in Hong Kong. On the show last week we discussed some great music, and I thought we’d close out Season 2 of Hong Kong 360 w/ Mark Hooper playing the music that I love and that we discussed --jazz fusion. Jazz fusion really had its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, and some great bands emerged from those days: Return to Forever with Chich Corea, Weather Report, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock and many others. Today…we’ll listen to some of this iconic music….

Playlist:

“Song To The Pharoah Kings” – Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea

“Nubian Sandance” – Weather Report

“Spank-A-Lee” – Herbie Hancock

“Red Baron” – Billy Cobham

“What It Is” – Miles Davis

“Snake Oil” – Tony Williams Lifetime

Please tune in to Hong Kong 360 w/ Mark Hooper Thursday night at 7 PM on http://radiolantau.com and archived soon thereafter.

This week we catch up with Clarence Chang, who started his career as a music producer 30 years ago, and in 2001 he opened Jazz World, the only jazz specialist music shop in Hong Kong. In 2008, he co-founded the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival & Hong Kong Summer Jazz Festival. In 2013, Clarence started the Jazz World Live Series, bringing live jazz to Hong Kong audiences…Clarence describes it as “….almost like a Jazz Festival that runs all year long.” Clarence also hosts a weekly jazz program “Jazz Show” for Metro Finance Digital.

Clarence Chang, Jazz World Live Series Founder

Please tune in to Hong Kong 360 w/ Mark Hooper on Thursday night at 7 pm on http://radiolantau.com and archived soon thereafter.

This week we talk with Simon Ng, an independent consultant working on air quality, urban transportation and sustainability issues. He was former Chief Research Officer for Civic Exchange, and has served as an Expert Member of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia since 2006. Mr Ng is a co-author of Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China, published by MIT Press in 2017.

Simon Ng, Environmental and Sustainable Cities Consultant

Please tune in to Hong Kong 360 w/ Mark Hooper on Thursday night at 7 PM on http://radiolantau.com and archived soon thereafter.

This week we talk with Yonden Lhatoo, Chief News Editor at the South China Morning Post. Before he joined the Post he was the main anchor and editor-in-chief of ATV's English news department until April 2015. Apart from his editorial duties, he regularly moderates forums and seminars on current affairs for the Post, and has extensive experience covering Hong Kong's economic, political and social landscape. He has publicly written, spoken and taught about Hong Kong issues, but is still trying to figure it all out.

Yonden Lhatoo, Chief News Editor, South China Morning Post

Please tune in to Hong Kong 360 w/ Mark Hooper on Thursday night at 7 PM on http://radiolantau.com and archived soon thereafter.