Jeano Elong & Not OK Jazz (Cameroon, Hamburg)
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| free admission |
| no ticket required |
| In case of increased visitor numbers, there may be waiting times or stop at the admission. |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: DURCHLÜFTEN 2025 |
Drums and djembé, fuzzed-up electric piano sounds, psychedelic synthesizers and edgy guitars in the style of Kid Creole or Talking Heads: Jeano Elong & Not OK Jazz play alternative Afro, makossa with a twang, high life with a twist, trippy and tropical, funky and political.
Jeano Elong, singer and bassist, comes from Cameroon. He sings in Bakaka, a Bantu language from his village, Eboné. He came to Hamburg in 2013 as one of the so-called ‘Lampedusa refugees’ who had to flee the civil war in Libya. In Hamburg, he became part of the agitprop collective Schwabinggrad Ballett & Arrivati, centered around the producer and musician Ted Gaier (Goldene Zitronen). In November, Jeano Elong released Jâbeâ, his debut album. His songs have their roots in Cameroonian or African genres such as makossa, bikutsi or highlife, but you can tell that they were played in Altona and St. Pauli. His band Not OK Jazz includes musicians from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Germany.
Instagram: jeanoelong_notokjazz