World Star Tina Turner won the Show category on the Swiss Awards on Saturday night. The prize was handed by her long time friend Claude Nobs.

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Revealed follows Lang Lang to the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, where he teams up with his hero, Jazz legend Hancock. Backstage another Jazz legend Quincy Jones has popped by for the concert, remarking, "Lang Lang has taken the world by storm. This is as good as it gets."

When I started the Festival back in 1967 with two friends, I had a budget of US$ 7000 for a three-day event. I called it the International Montreux Jazz Festival because we had bands from all over Europe and one American band: Charles Lloyd with Keith Jarrett.

I never dreamt that nearly a quarter of a century later I would have the tremendous honor of having Quincy Jones co-produce the Festival for three years, in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

In 1991 and 1992, Sony recorded the entire Festival in High-Definition Television for the first time. Together with Quincy, I had the privilege of witnessing some of the extraordinary moments that you will enjoy on this DVD.

The mixture of styles is something that the Montreux audience has been exposed to since the Festival’s very earliest days.

This DVD is a perfect combination of sound and vision and is giving us the pleasure of the little glimpses, smiles, tears and the whole emotion generated when high-definition recording and the finest possible sound come together.
Claude Nobs
Founder and CEO
Montreux Jazz Festival



1. Atlanta Super Choir: Touch The World
Recorded on July 21, 1991
2. Robert Cray Band: Don’t You Even Care?
Recorded on July 10, 1991
3. Siedah Garrett & George Duke: Stormy Monday
Recorded on July 18, 1991
4. B.B. King: The Thrill Is Gone
Recorded on July 12, 1991
5. George Duke & Bobby McFerrin: Improvisation
Recorded on July 15, 1992
6. Buddy Guy: Sweet Home Chicago
Recorded on July 9, 1992
7. Quincy Jones & Miles Davis with The Gil Evans Orchestra & The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band: Maids of Cadiz – Gone, Gone, Gone – Summertime
Recorded on July 8, 1991
8. Tribute To Miles Davis Band: All Blues
Recorded on July 15, 1992
9. Quincy Jones & The WDR Big Band: Cosby Theme (Hikky Burr)
Recorded on July 18, 1992
10. Quincy Jones with Toots Thielemans & The WDR Big Band: Eyes Of Love
Recorded on July 18, 1992
11. Take 6: Mary Don’t You Weep
Recorded on July 18, 1992
12. Derrick Shezbie: Improvisation
Recorded on July 20, 1991
13. David Sanborn: Camel Island
Recorded on July 18, 1991
14. Sweet Honey In The Rock: Run Mourner, Run
Recorded on July 20, 1991
15. Tori Amos: Whole Lotta Love
Recorded on July 7, 1992
16. Lavern Baker: Jim Dandy
Recorded on July 12, 1991
17. Stéphane Grappelli Trio: All God’s Children Got Rhythm
Recorded on July 17, 1992
18. The Winans with Erik Williams & The In-The-House Band: It’s Time
Recorded on July 21, 1991
19. Ashford & Simpson: Steal Away
Recorded on July 21, 1991
20. Ray Charles & The In-The-House Band: Georgia On My Mind
Recorded on July 16, 1991
21. Ray Charles: My Buddy
Recorded on July 17, 1991


Ref.: MVMJ001
Running time: 96 mins approx.
NTSC region 0
16:9 Screen format
PCM stereo

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Founded by Paddy Maloney in 1962, The Chieftains were one of the first bands to popularize Irish traditional music around the world and today their status as one of the finest Irish bands of all time remains unchallenged. They have received awards from around the world including 6 Grammys and an Emmy and worked alongside some of the greatest names in pop, classical and folk music. This superb concert from Montreux features the classic line-up in a blend of song, music and dance that draws from the Irish tradition but encompasses influences as disparate as Galicia and the Rolling Stones.


Track Listing

1) Opening Medley: O’Neill’s March / Rosin Dubh / Reels And Dance
2) Changing Your Demeanour
3) Donegal Reel / Ladies Pantalette
4) Lady Dillon
5) Album Medley: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Mo Ghile Mear / The Rocky Road To Dublin / Reels And Dance
6) Song Of Immigration / Kerry Slides
7) Galician Overture Medley / Dueling Chanters
8) Carrickfergus
9) Maneo
10) Murphy’s Hornpipe And Dance
11) Matt Molloy: A Fig For A Kiss / Mulhares Reel / Gravel Walks
12) Guadalupe
13) Did You Ever Go A Courtin’ Uncle Joe
14) Give Me Your Hand / The Trip To Durrow / Flogging Reel

25th Annual TEC Awards and Celebration

Founded in 1985, the Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards is the foremost program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. Presented annually by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards honor the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, films, TV shows and live performances.

TEC Awards nominations are made by a panel of industry professionals and voted upon by by members of various professional organizations and audio-industry websites. The awards are presented at a ceremony held each fall during the annual convention of the Audio Engineering Society. Through the Hall of Fame, the TEC Awards also honors the pioneers of audio and, through the Les Paul Award, pays tribute to musical artists and others whose work has furthered the art and science of sound.

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Status Quos album Pictures (released in November 2008) celebrated 40 years of Status Quo filling the UK charts with hit after hit. The album was an instant success, charting at No.8 and selling over a quarter of a million copies in the UK alone. In July 2009 the Pictures live tour landed at Montreux in Switzerland as part of the world famous festival. The band, led as always by the twin Telecasters of Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt, delivered a blistering set of hits and classic tracks from across their career including no less than 18 UK Top 20 hits. Huge screens behind the stage illustrated high points from Quos career and the usually reserved Swiss crowd were rockin all over the Auditorium.

Track listing:
1) Caroline
2) The Wanderer
3) Rain
4) Dont Drive My Car
5) Mean Girl / Softer Ride
6) Beginning Of The End 7) Is There A Better Way
8) Proposing Medley: What Youre Proposing / Down The Dustpipe / Little Lady / Red Sky / Dear John / Big Fat Mama
9) Pictures Of Matchstick Men / Ice In The Sun
10) The Oriental
11) Creepin Up 12) In My Chair
13) Living On An Island
14) In The Army Now
15) The Killer
16) Roll Over Lay Down
17) Down Down
18) Whatever You Want
19) Rockin All Over The World
20) Juniors Wailing
21) Rock n Roll Music / Bye Bye Johnny





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* Released on: 2009-10-12

Since its launch in 2005, i-concerts HDTV and VOD platforms have consistently featured a selection of Eagle Vision programming, with performances from Santana, Deep Purple, Live from Montreux series and more.

As the i-concerts brand continues to extend its reach, its HDTV channel is now available across all IPTV and digital cable households in France. The i-concerts VOD platform also recently launched in Italy on Fastweb, and across Eastern Europe with Airbites, in addition to being carried by the broadband operators in France, Belgium, Switzerland and South Korea.

i-concerts, a division of Transmedia Communications SA, Europe’s leading broadband syndicator, is a cross-platform TV/VOD channel dedicated to live music. i-concerts operates the first 24-hour concert HDTV channel in Europe, i-concerts HD, and offers over 1400 hours of on-demand live music programming across its IPTV and online platforms in Europe and Asia.

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Vom Koch zum Konzertchef: Claude Nobs leitet seit 43 Jahren erfolgreich das Montreux Jazz Festival. Stars wie Jamie Cullum, Lily Allen oder Alice Cooper nennen ihn «Daddy» und lieben Racletteessen auf seiner Terrasse.

A few mentors have marked the life of Claude Nobs, Founder and CEO of the Montreux Jazz Festival, and Quincy Jones is definitely one of them. Quincy’s 75th birthday was an ideal opportunity to pay a tribute. For almost a year, work was underway to make this evening a unique world event and all the artists accepted without hesitating, some even volunteering to take part!

The result is a very impressive line-up and a very well-deserved tribute to a giant who has one of the most remarkable careers in the history of music.

All profits from the sales of this Blu-Ray will go to the Quincy Jones Foundation to support and promote initiatives around the world that contribute to the health, well-being and dignity of children. Its mission is to give young people a voice to inspire and empower them to live to their fullest potential.


Guest Artists:
Monty Alexander - Franco Ambrosetti - Patti Austin - Petula Clark - Billy Cobham - Herbie Hancock - Mick Hucknall - Al Jarreau - Chaka Khan - Angélique Kidjo - Beverley Knight - Nils Landgren - Ledisi - James Moody - James Morrison - Nana Mouskouri - Naturally 7 - Paolo Nutini - Rahsaan Patterson - Freda Payne - Tobias Preisig - Lee Ritenour - Patrice Rushen - Joe Sample - Curtis Stigers Toots Thielemans - Larry Williams

The Montreux In The House Band:
Greg Phillinganes - David Delhomme - Paul Jackson Jr. - Nathan East - John Robinson Paulinho da Costa

The Swiss Army Big Band:
Pepe Lienhard - Adrian Pflugshaupt - Patrick Bianco - Alex Hendriksen - Rafael Baier - Marc Schödler - Frank Wellert - Jörg Brohm - Adrian Eugster - Johannes Walther - Marc Jaussi - Marc Gebhart - Andreas Tschopp - Michael Flury - Gilbert Tinner - Roman Heiniger - Wolf Schenk - Philip Henzi - Oliver Keller - André Pousaz - Tobias Friedli

Additional participating musicians:
Nicole Caldwell - Dorothea Lorene - Gabi Goldberg - Lagerald Norman - Kent Stetler - Stevie Woods



Track listing:

DVD 1 :


1 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly With : Herbie Hancock, keyboards - Patti Austin, vocals - Stevie Woods, vocals - The Montreux In The House Band

2 Let The Good Times Roll With: Rahsaan Patterson, vocals - James Moody, sax - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band

3 Makin’ Whoopee With: Patti Austin, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band

4 Moody’s Mood With: James Moody, sax, vocals - Patti Austin, vocals - The Montreux In The House Band

5 The Television Song With: James Moody, vocals - John Robinson, drums

6 Honeysuckle Rose With: Freda Payne, vocals - Joe Sample, piano - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band

7 Shiny Stockings With: Freda Payne, vocals - Joe Sample, piano - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band

8 I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town / In The Heat Of The Night With: Mick Hucknall, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Soloists: Johannes Walther, trumpet - Greg Phillinganes, keyboards

9 If I Ever Lose This Heaven With: Ledisi, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Backing. vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler - Nicole Caldwell - Lagerald Norman. Soloists: Alex Hendriksen, flute - Michael Flury, trombone

10 Midnight Sun With: Al Jarreau, vocals - Larry Williams, piano - The Montreux In The House Band

11 One Mint Julep With: Petula Clark, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Soloists: Paul Jackson Jr., guitar

12 Goin’ To Chicago Blues With: Petula Clark, vocals - Paolo Nutini, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band. Soloist: Johannes Walther, trumpet

13 My Ship / Summertime With : Franco Ambrosetti, trumpet - The Swiss Army Big Band.

14 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes With: Nana Mouskouri, vocals - James Morrison, trumpet, trombone - The Swiss Army Big Band

15 Almost Like Being In Love With: Nana Mouskouri, vocals - James Morrison, trumpet, trombone - The Swiss Army Big Band

16 Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister) With: Chaka Khan, vocals - Patti Austin, vocals - Greg Phillinganes, keyboards

17 What’s Going On With: Patrice Rushen, keyboards - Ledisi, vocals - Rahsaan Patterson, vocals - Tobias Preisig, violin - Toots Thielemans, harmonica - James Morrison, trumpet - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band. Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler. Soloists: Alex Hendriksen, alto flute - Paul Jackson Jr., guitar

18 Eyes Of Love / Bluesette With: Toots Thielemans, harmonica - The Montreux In The House Band

DVD 2

19 Walking In Space With: Chaka Khan, vocals - Lee Ritenour, guitar - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band.Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene.Soloists: Greg Phillinganes, keyboards - Alex Hendriksen, flute - Johannes Walther, trumpet

20 Strawberry Letter 23 With: Paolo Nutini, vocals - Lee Ritenour, guitar - The Montreux In The House Band. Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler

21 How Do You Keep The Music Playing With: Patti Austin, vocals - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler

22 The Dude With: Al Jarreau, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler

23 Billie Jean With: Naturally 7

24 Wall Of Sound With: Naturally 7

25 Mama Aifambeni With: Angélique Kidjo, vocals - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler

26 State Of Independence With: Angélique Kidjo, vocals - Larry Williams, sax - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler - Naturally 7

27 Everything Must Change With: Curtis Stigers, vocals - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler Soloist: Andreas Tschopp, trombone

28 Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe) With: Herbie Hancock, keyboards - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler Soloist: Adrian Pflugshaupt, flute

29 Ai No Corrida
With: Patti Austin, vocals - Gaby Goldberg, vocals - Dorothea Lorene, vocals - Stevie Woods, vocals - Kent Stetler, vocals - Billy Cobham, drums - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band

30 Stuff Like That With: Monty Alexander, keyboards - Patti Austin, vocals - Petula Clark, vocals - Billy Cobham, drums - Herbie Hancock, keyboards - Chaka Khan, vocals - Angélique Kidjo, vocals Beverley Knight, vocals - Nils Landgren, trombone - Ledisi, vocals - James Moody, sax - James Morrison, trumpet - Nana Mouskouri, vocals - Naturally 7, vocals - Rahsaan Patterson, vocals - Freda Payne, vocals Patrice Rushen, keyboards - Joe Sample, piano - Curtis Stigers, vocals - Larry Williams, sax - The Swiss Army Big Band - The Montreux In The House Band. Backing vocals: Gaby Goldberg - Dorothea Lorene - Stevie Woods - Kent Stetler - Lagerald Norman


BONUS FEATURE:
ThankQ. A Montreux Tribute to Quincy Jones.
A behind the scenes look at this incredible event.



Release date: July 6, 2009

Ref. EREDV744
Running time: Disc 1: 87 mins approx. Disc 2: 91 mins approx.
NTSC region 0
PCM Stereo, Dolby Surround 5.1, DTS Digital Surround Sound

B.B. King has been one of the most frequent visitors to Montreux with nearly twenty appearances down the years. Always a vibrant and charismatic live performer, this 1993 concert will surely rank as one of his finest from any venue and captures B.B. King right at the top of his form with a superb backing band and a great set list. It all goes to show that B.B. is still the "King Of The Blues".

With: B.B. King, guitar, vocal; Walter King, sax; Melvin Jackson, sax; James Bolden, trumpet; Leon Warren, guitar; James Toney, keyboards; Michael Doster, bass; Calep Emphrey Jr., drums; Tony Coleman, percussion.

1 Fanfare
2 Six Pack
3 Two I Shoot Blues
4 B.B. King Intro
5 Let The Good Times Roll
6 When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
7 Chains Of Love
8 Caldonia
9 All Over Again
10 Since I Met You Baby
11 Playing With My Friends
12 Ain't Nobody Home
13 Why I Sing The Blues
14 Blues Man
15 Rock Me Baby
16 Please Accept My Love
17 The Thrill Is Gone

BONUS - 2006:
With: B.B. King, guitar, vocal; James Bolden, trumpet, musical director; James Emphrey Jr, drums; Reginald Richards, bass; Walter King, sax; James Tomey, keyboards; Melvin Jackson, sax; Stanley Abernathy, trumpet; Charles Dennis, guitar.

1 Why I Sing The Blues
2 When Love Comes To Town
3 Guess Who

Release date: May 18, 2009

Ref. ERBRD5028
Running time: 114 mins approx.
Video: 1080i High Definition Widescreen 16x9 (1.78:1)
Audio: LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Master Audio 5.1

Return To Forever were at the forefront of jazz/rock fusion in the seventies and like their contemporaries Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra were formed by a former Miles Davis sideman, in this case the great Chick Corea. Return To Forever hit their commercial and artistic peak with a string of albums in the mid-seventies featuring the line-up of Chick Corea on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Al Di Meola on guitar and Lenny White on drums. In 2008 this classic line-up reunited for their first tour in 25 years and proved that their musicianship and the chemistry within the band were as strong as ever. This concert was filmed at Montreux in July 2008 with the bonus tracks being filmed in Clearwater, Florida later the same month.

Main Show Montreux 2008
1) Introduction
2) Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
3) Vulcan Worlds
4) Sorceress
5) Song To The Pharaoh Kings
6) Als Solo
7) No Mystery
8) Chicks Solo
9) Romantic Warrior
10) El Bayo de Negro (Stanleys Solo)
11) Lineage (Lennys Solo)
12) Romantic Warrior (conclusion)
Bonus Tracks Clearwater 2008
1) Lineage (Lennys Solo)
2) Als Solo
3) Friendship (Chicks Solo)
4) El Bayo de Negro (Stanleys Solo)
5) Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant

During the celebration of the 40th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival last year, founder Claude Nobs underlined the urgency of properly preserving the 40 years' worth of Festival material that has accumulated since its conception.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Montreux Sounds SA have decided to join forces to create a unique and first of a kind high resolution digital archive of the Montreux Jazz Festivals.
EPFL hosts one of the most renowned and largest centers of excellence in digital media processing thanks to a strong team of faculty members and researchers behind many pioneering technologies in use in today’s professional as well as consumer digital media products.
The goal of this ambitious project is, on the one hand, to exploit the know-how and expertise of EPFL to create the most technologically advanced high resolution digital media archive ever produced, and on the other hand, to take this opportunity to set the ground for conception of novel and advanced technologies for tomorrow’s digital media.
Because of the magnitude and the diversity of media involved, such an archive will require peta-byte class storage systems (1 peta bytes = 1’000’000 giga bytes) and involves expertise in the following areas: signal processing, image and video processing, compression, video analysis and annotation, audiovisual content enhancement, visualization, man-machine interface, and media security.
Several research laboratories at EPFL together with their researchers, doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students, will be involved in this project during the next few years. In addition to scientific, technological and educational impacts of such an endeavor, development of this archive will enable a reliable, long lasting, secured, and seamless access to a true and unique cultural resource for both professional and educational purposes, ensuring that the Montreux Jazz Festival, Claude Nobs' lifetime achievement, and its rich history remain an important part of our regional identity for generations to come.

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