Michel Petrucciani - Montreux Years (2 CD, 2023) [24-96]

The brand-new release in The Montreux Years series is a collection of Michel Petrucciani’s most memorable performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival from 1990 – 1998.

Paco de Lucía - The Montreux Years (Live) [FLAC-HD]

Beautifully restored and remastered: A showcase of Paco De Lucia’s mesmerising Montreux Jazz Festival live performances between 1984 to 2012. One of the world’s most celebrated flamenco guitarists, Paco De Lucía helped legitimize flamenco music across the world and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music including classical and jazz. Described by Eric Clapton as a ‘titanic figure in the world of flamenco music’, De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional flamenco and the evolution of new flamenco and jazz fusion. At the age of 18 De Lucía recorded his first album ‘La Fabulosa Guitarra’ in Madrid. One of his greatest musical partnerships was with the Spanish singer Cameron de la Isla in the 1970s. Together the two men recorded 10 albums, which inspired a New Flamenco movement.

1. Vámonos (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (10:54)

2. La Barrosa (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (6:29)

3. Solo Quiero Caminar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (9:24)

4. Alta Mar (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (10:29)

5. El Tesorillo (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (9:48)

6. Buana Buana King Kong (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (8:34)

7. Variaciones de Minera (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2012) (9:19)

8. Zyryab (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) (17:03) 

VA - Montreux Jazz Festival 1989 (4 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 

The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.