One of the few reasons why I like Boston: (yes, in spite of the -15'C winters)
The legendary jazz artists who play here annually. I just saw Herbie Hancock LIVE. Absolutely amazing stuff, even for a jazz-outisider (moi for one). To see the funkster in his black O' Neill's (or Killer Loops or whatever his cool shades are) is the sort of experience that just won't happen in Hong Kong for less than US$100. He's still got the groove on, even if he temporarily lost his music at the beginning of the show. As one dude sitting behind us said, "The Seventies never left him."