Golden Buddha Jazz Band at Nine Gate Jazz Fest 2013 Part 1

Golden Buddha Jazz Band In the 1930s foreigners and Chinese alike danced the night away to American-style Philippine jazz bands in the crowded nightclubs and dance halls of Shanghai,’the Paris of the Orient’. Chinese jazz pianist and composer Kong “Golden Buddha“ Hongwei has been active at a national level in trying to bring jazz back to the forefront of China’s modern music scene. The members of his Golden Buddha Jazz Band include saxophonist Li Gaoyang, bass player Huang Yong, and drummer Haha. Over t