Le Festival de Jazz de Montreux et le Conseil du Léman ont créé ce concours pour mettre en valeur les formations musicales de la région lémanique. Ainsi, pour offrir un véritable tremplin à de jeunes talents, des groupes sont invités à s ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival started in 1967. It is one of the oldest Festival in the world, celebrating its 44 years in 2010. Discover each week a new 'behind the scene' story told by Claude Nobs, director and founder of the event. This week : Smoke on the Water. "At the time (beggining of the '70), ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival started in 1967. It is one of the oldest Festival in the world, celebrating its 44 years in 2010. Discover each week a new 'behind the scene' story told by Claude Nobs, director and founder of the event. This week : James Brown hair issues in 1981! "James Brown gave us th ...

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This week : the genius turntablist Birdy Nam Nam in "Worried" France's Bridy Nam Nam are a DJ collective who have been steadily building their reputation in the electronica community over the last decade. Winners of the DMC Team Championships in 2002, their live show attests to their incredible tur ...

This week : Peter Cincotti, live from the Stravinski Hall with "Love is Gone". Watch the video A winner of the Festival's piano competition in the year 2000, 25-year-old Peter Cincotti has been playing piano since the age of three. Exploring musical styles that blend pop, rock, blues, funk and jaz ...

This week : the great bluesman Boo Boo Davis live from the Auditorium Stravinski in 2009. « I'm a survivor and belong to one of the last generations of musicians that write and play the blues based on first hand experience of a hard life in the Mississippi Delta. The blues helps me to keep my ...