Old and loved coming to Montreux: BB King, Jimmy Cliff, Santana, Ricky Martin, George Benson and more
Montreux, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The web site of the Montreux Jazz Festival was hacked Tuesday 12 April and the programme, a closely guarded secret, was published online two days ahead of the official announcement. The festival office has hired a company to find the leak.
Officially, we won’t know until Thursday 14 April at 10:00 what the complete lineup is, but unofficially, most of it is already out there, the MJF office said Tuesday.
The festival office has produced the official if incomplete programme. Check back Thursday for more news.
Stimmreise at the Chateau de Chillon, Switzerland, September 2010
(videos) Montreux, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A revolution is taking place in the Swiss Alps and it’s anything but quiet, as the Stimmreise band/quartet showed Thursday night 9 September at the Chateau de Chillon near Montreux. The foursome, created earlier in 2010 in its present form, played an astonishing repertoire of music that defies classification, starting with the odd variety of instruments: bass, guitar, clarinet and yodeller. Nadja Raess is a yodeller who is also a classically trained singer from the Zurich Conservatory, and while she sometimes performs and sings traditional yodel music, this was billed as an evening of classic wordless yodels with modern variations for yodel as an instrument, her specialty.
The show is only two weeks old and there was a sense as the audience left that we were lucky to be there at the start of something very special. Their first CD will be out in November 2010. It didn’t hurt to have the performance at the Chillon Castle as the sun set over Lake Geneva, one of a series of concerts there.
Stimmreise in concert, Chillon Castle, Switzerland, September 2010
The result was breathtaking in every sense. Raess has a beautiful pure voice with impressive power that easily makes it the dominant instrument when she opts for that. At times it was difficult for the ear to separate clarinet from yodel, with exquisite harmonies. Equally impressive was the variety of music, ranging from a handful of traditional yodel songs, which some in the audience were clearly expecting, to disonant jazzy pieces as well as melodic, well-crafted quartet music closer to Brahm’s lullabies than mountain hullabaloo stuff. There was a bit of that, too, foot-stomping and all, with singer Raess tossing off her very high heels to romp barefoot on the stage for the rest of the show.
Stimmreise is a group of seriously professional performers who, without saying a word all evening, not even hello, held the audience in the palm of its hand. The band alternately enchanted with its music and its antics, from the moment they came out looking like somber extras from The Blues Brothers to the sketch where Raess, looking bored while the boys suddenly have a madcap jam session, puts her fingers in her mouth and lets rip a piercing whistle that would make any 11-year-old lad jealous. The others in the group: Dani Haeusler, clarinet, Marc Scheidegger, guitar, and Richard Hugener, e-bass.
An evening of jazz at the Hermance beach. Additional buses will be scheduled after midnight to take concert-goers back to Geneva.
Location: Hermance, Geneva
Link out: http://www.jazzsurlaplage.ch/2010/news_items/
Date: 14 Aug 2010
Start time: 17:00
Gap and Barcelonnette, France (GenevaLunch) – American jazz musician Al Jarreau is “doing better” says his official website after a health scare that sent him to the hospital.
Jarreau went to the hospital after having “difficulties breathing and adjusting to high altitude.” The singer is in “good spirits” and thanks the people of France, reads an excerpt posted in his website.
The 70-year-old, seven-time Grammy award winner was in Barcelonnette, France where he was to perform. His concert in Hautes-Alpes, France and in other European venues have been cancelled.
According to the Associated Press, doctors weren’t certain what went wrong, but they believe fatigue as well as the altitude may have played a role in his health problems.
Jarreau is one of the few artists to have won Grammys in three separate categories—jazz, pop and R&B—like Michael Jackson.
Funky jazz trumpet, 22:00-05:00
Location: Le Chat Noir, Carouge
Link out: http://www.chatnoir.ch/search.php?date=2010-06-04
Date: 4 Jun 2010
2-17 July: complete programme now online and ticket sales start online 29 April at 10:00
Montreux, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Montreux Jazz Festival kicks off 1 July 2010, a day before the official opening of the 16-day concert series, with a special show by Vaud resident Phil Collins. Collins will take the audience back to the 1960s with his interpretations of memorable Motown hits.
Montreux then moves to Africa, in keeping with the South African mood set by the summer World Cup Football championship: a concert in tribute to Miriam Makeba, Angélique Kidjo with African stars will celebrate “Mama Africa” and Youssou N’Dour will end the evening with the Dakar-Kingston.
Big band and jazz lineup
The Auditorium Stravinski will host big bands of Pepe Lienhard and Roger Cicero 12 July. Herbie Hancock will play John Lennon’s biggest hits 16 July and Quincy Jones will present his Global Gumbo All-Stars, a group composed of young artists he discovered in Montreux.
Jazz is a Montreux must and this year features Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea’s Freedom Band.
Title: Jazz exchange festival: Ticino-Geneva
Location: Geneva
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Description: Friday, January 15: Daniel Hunter Trio + Duo Oliver Naumann – Roberto Pianca.
Saturday, January 16: Tri – Bal Réunion + Danilo Moccia Quartet.
Sunday, January 17: Nicodème + Novar.
Date: 2009-01-15
Title: Christmas events in Lausanne
Location: Lausanne
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Description: Lausanne’s hilly cobblestoned streets, snow falling: the perfect place to enjoy carols, gospel singing, jazz and Father Christmas. The city has an online calendar for its special Christmas activities, in English.
Date: 2009-12-20 to 2009-12-23
Title: Jazz, blues and rock evening
Location: Morges, Casino
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Description: Drinks, buffet and an evening of music, CHF75
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 06 Nov 2009
End Time: 23:45
Title: Dinner and jazz concert with Swing Express
Location: Hotel La Longeraie, Route de La Longeraie, 1110 Morges
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Description: Dinner at La Longeraie Hotel, with music from the 1930s from Swing Express
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 30 Oct 2009
Music inspired by Django Reinhardt from the 1930s around a gourmet meal. CHF59 per person for the night
Title: Neil Cowley Trio, jazz
Location: Annemasse, France
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Description: British piano virtuoso and his jazz group, with alternative/jazz group Les Paiens as opening act, tickets €10-20
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 17 Oct 2009
Title: Jazz and blues in Bernex
Location: Bernex, Geneva
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Description: Two days of concerts, music, and outdoor fun for kids and adults in Bernex.
Start Date: 29 Aug 2009
End Date: 30 Aug 2009
Title: Jazz on the beach: Hermance
Location: Hermance, Geneva
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Description: Enjoy the view, Lake Geneva and free outdoor jazz concerts.
Date: 15 Aug 2009
Title: The summer colors of jazz
Location: Morges, Vaud
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Description: Three days of fireworks, jazz and a garden party. A bit for everyone.
Start Date: 07 Aug 2009
End Date: 09 Aug 2009
Title: Free jazz, classical and popular music concerts
Location: Geneva
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Description: Part of the “Musique en Ete Festival,” free concerts every Wednesday and Saturday at the Ella Fitzgerald theater in La Grange park.
Start Date: 01 Jul 2009
End Date: 29 Aug 2009
Title: Lugano estival jazz
Location: Medrisio and Lugano, Canton Ticino
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Description: All concerts in this open-air festival are free. Among the artists to perform in 2009 are bands from Cuba, jazz bands from the US and contemporary European artists.
Start Date: 26 Jun 2009
End Date: 04 Jul 2009
Title: Jazz and classical music concerts in Morges
Location: Morges, Vaud
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Description: La Longeraie hotel summer programs kick off with a classical music concert on 5 June, followed by New Orleans’ style jazz later on in the month.
Start Date: 19 Jun 2009
End Date: 20 Jun 2009
Title: Turkish day in Switzerland
Location: Geneva
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Description: A day to celebrate Turkish culture. Part of the program includes jazz from Istanbul, folk music, food and Turkish typical dances.
Date: 09 May 2009
Title: Concert: George Robert jazz orchestra
Location: Geneva
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Description: This Swiss based group will perform in anticipation to the debut of their new CD. A must for jazz lovers around.
Date: 29 Apr 2009
Title: Cotton club jazz
Location: Morges, Vaud
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Description: In Morges, an evening of live jazz music, cocktails, savouries and sweets.
Date: 20 Mar 2009
Title: Cully jazz festival
Location: Cully, Vaud
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Description: A fun, fresh, cool, jazzy jazz festival in the Lavaux area.
Start Date: 27 Mar 2009
End Date: 04 Apr 2009
Title: Jazz and French chanson concerts, Annecy
Location: Annecy
Description: Series of concerts from old Brit rock-and-roll to jazz at Le Brise Glace in the beautiful city of Annecy in neighbouring France.
Start Date: 03 Feb 2009
End Date: 27 Feb 2009
Title: Jazz inspired in Ethiopian music, Geneva
Location: Carouge, Geneva
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Description: The Imperial Tiger Orchestra, performs jazz inspired in the golden era of Ethiopian music at Le Chat Noir in Carouge.
Date: 09 Jan 2009
Title: Jazz with a touch of Africa, in Geneva and Lausanne
Location: Carouge and Lausanne
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Description: An African-born jazz musician, raised in Paris who combines world beat sounds and jazz, performs in Carouge and Lausanne
Start Date: 19 Dec 2008
End Date: 20 Dec 2008
Title: World Jazz sound in Geneva
Location: Geneva
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Description: Described as a concert of jazz and world beat sounds.
Date: 12 Dec 2008
Title: Glenn Miller Orchestra in Geneva
Location: Geneva
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Description: Concert at Victoria Hall. Tickets go on sale one hour before the concert. One day only
Date: 11 Dec 2008
Title: Piazzola tribute: jazz and tango
Location: Nyon, Vaud
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Description: Tribute by the students of the music conservatory of Vaud.
Date: 07 Dec 2008
Title: Diane Reeves, jazz concert
Location: Evian, France
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Description: Diane Reeves’ concert billed as jazz can also be described as R&B
Date: 15 Nov 2008
Title: Dinner and Jazz
Location: Morges, Vaud
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Start Date: 28 Nov 2008
End Date: 29 Nov 2008
Title: Ron Carter jazz night: Hommage to Miles Davis
Location: Thonon, Espace Maurice Novarina
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Description: Ron Carter played from 1963-65 with Miles Davis and this is his tribute. Carter may well be the world’s most recorded bassist. Tickets from €16. Carter’s site, http://www.roncarter.net/
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 17 Oct 2008
