George Duke Band feat. Rachelle Ferrell - Live In Montreux, Switzerland - 1997

George Duke Band and Rachelle Ferrell - LIVE AT MONTREUX,

the gold watch of jazz. It seems like once a musician or vocalist

 has spent a few decades in smoky clubs and roughneck juke

 joints, they get to fly to Switzerland  and make a dignified

recording in front of a respectful audience. It's a tradition.

Singer Rachelle Ferrell made her LIVE AT MONTREUX

album only three albums into her career is surprising. That it's

her finest work yet is nothing short of amazing. In this

DVD Ferrell reinterprets a fine set of standards and works

wonders on her original song. All songs were excellently

executed by  George Duke and his band. The rest of the

tracks are even better, as they show the result of several years

of vocal experimentation on Ferrell's part; her phrasing is

remarkably free.  Rachelle Ferrell's  LIVE AT MONTREUX

is a revelation.

George Duke was one of the original players that brought

jazz fusion music in Montreux. Highly trained from Frank

Zappa's band, Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke. In this

DVD, he played atleast 2 or 3 jazz fusion songs. The rest

are Ferell's music. The band itself is great, they are all

professionally trained and chosen by George himself.

George Duke Band feat. Rachelle Ferrell - Live In Montreux


Year : 1997
Genre : Mainstream, Jazz-Rock, Funk
Length : 1:37:54


Musicians :
George Duke - keyboards,vocals
Rachelle Ferrell - vocals
Jonathan Butler - guitars, vocals
Patti Austin - vocals
Brian Simpson - keyboards
Mino Cinelu - Percussion
Larry Kimpel - Bass
Lil John Roberts - drums


Tracklisting :
1 Welcome To My Love
2 Goin 'Home
3 Genesis
4 500 Miles To Go
5 With Every Breathe I Take
6 Sarah, Sarah
7 Speak Low Waiting

8 9 Bus Tours

10 You Don't Know What Love Is Quality

Dolby Digital 2.0 48KHz 192KbpsRecorded live at
The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
between July 15, 1991 and July 12, 1997. Includes
inner notes by Bruce Lundvall and Rachelle Ferrell.

Manhattan Transfer & New York Voices - Vocalese - Live at Estival Jazz Lugano, Piazza della Riforma Lugano, Switzerland, July 02, 2011

Grammy® award-winning vocal groups The Manhattan Transfer and New York Voices  brought their jazz stylings in Estival Jazz Lugano last July 02, 2011.

After releasing a few albums on Columbia Records, the Manhattan Transfer were signed to Atlantic Records by the legendary head of the label, Ahmet Ertegun. Their self-titled debut for that label was released in 1975 and yielded the quartet a top 25 Billboard single ('Operator') and a one-hour variety show on CBS television.

The first album featuring the current lineup of Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul & Cheryl Bentyne was 1979’s Extensions and included a vocal remake of the Weather Report classic 'Birdland'. 'Birdland' would go on to be considered the group’s theme song, and earn Manhattan Transfer their first two Grammy Awards. In 1981, they became the first group ever to win Grammy Awards in both Pop and Jazz categories in the same year. In 1985, the group received an amazing 12 Grammy nominations for the album Vocalese.


New York Voices, founded in 1987, is a Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble renowned for the "art of group singing." The Voices have performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Blue Note Jazz Clubs (New York, Milan, Tokyo).  The Voices have performed with a variety of artists including Patti Austin, George Benson, the Boston Pops and the Count Basie Orchestra and continue to tour with both Paquito D’Rivera and Ivan Lins, presenting two independent programs of Brazilian music.


Got this copy in High Definition format -TS-H.264-1920X720p. The video is ultra clear and the audio is in it's finest tune -AC-3-2 CHANNEL.  The blending of their voices is just marvelous! The concert lasted for 1:09:34 hours.



TRACKLIST:

01 MY DESIRE
02 BAHIA aka HEAR THE VOICES
03 STUDY IN BROWN
04 CORNER POCKET
05 POINCIANA aka THE SONG OF THE TREE
06 JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE
07 TUTU
08 SIDEWINDER
09 SOUL FOOD TO GO
10 TO YOU
11 CARAVAN (male singers only)
12 OFFBEAT OF AVENUE (female singers only)
13 BIRDLAND

Lineup Manhattan Transfer:

Tim Hauser: vocals
Janis Siegel: vocals
Cheryl Bentyne: vocals
Alan Paul: vocals

Lineup New York Voices:

Darmon Meader: vocals
Lauren Kinhan: vocals
Peter Elridge: vocals
Kim Nazarian: vocals