Product Description

When an artist of the stature of Quincy Jones celebrates his 75th birthday you can be sure it s going to be quite a party. The show took place on July 14th 2008 at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, an event with which Quincy Jones has a long and rich history, and the cream of musical talent turned up to serenade Quincy on this very special occasion. The main concert lasted over two and a half hours and the musicians then spilled out into the bars and cafes of Montreux with the music still going strong as the sun was coming up the next morning! Bonus Features Thank Q Behind the scenes on Montreux s tribute to Quincy Jones Backing on all tracks provided by the Montreux In The House Band: Greg Phillinganes (keyboards), David Delhomme (keyboards), Paul Jackson Jr (guitar), Nathan East (bass), John Robinson (drums), Paulinho da Costa (percussion) Accompanied by the Swiss Army Big Band conducted by Pepe Lienhard Disc One 1) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin & Stevie Woods 2) Let The Good Times Roll Rahsaan Patterson & James Moody 3) Makin Whoopee Patti Austin 4) Moody s Mood James Moody & Patti Austin 5) The Television Song James Moody & John Robinson 6) Honeysuckle Rose Freda Payne & Joe Sample 7) Shiny Stockings Freda Payne & Joe Sample 8) I m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town / In The Heat Of The Night Mick Hucknall 9) If I Ever Lose This Heaven Ledisi 10) Midnight Sun Al Jarreau & Larry Williams 11) One Mint Julep Petula Clark 12) Goin To Chicago Blues Petula Clark & Paolo Nutini 13) My Ship / Summertime Franco Ambrosetti 14) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Nana Mouskouri & James Morrison 15) Almost Like Being In Love Nana Mouskouri & James Morrison 16) Miss Celie s Blues (Sister) Chaka Khan, Patti Austin & Greg Phillinganes 17) What s Going On Ledisi, James Morrison, Rahsaan Patterson, Tobias Preisig, Patrice Rushen & Toots Thielemans 18) Eyes Of Love (Carol s Theme) / Bluesette Toots Thielemans Disc Two 1) Walking In Space Chaka Khan & Lee Ritenour 2) Strawberry Letter 23 Paolo Nutini & Lee Ritenour 3) How Do You Keep The Music Playing Patti Austin 4) The Dude Al Jarreau 5) Billie Jean Naturally 7 6) Wall Of Sound Naturally 7 7) Mama Aifambeni Angelique Kidjo 8) State Of Independence Angelique Kidjo & Larry Williams 9) Everything Must Change Curtis Stigers 10) Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe) Herbie Hancock 11) Ai No Corrida Patti Austin, Gabi Goldberg, Dorothea Lorene, Stevie Woods, Kent Stetler & Billy Cobham 12) Stuff Like That Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Eahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers & Larry Williams

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13876 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-07-06
• Rating: Exempt
• Formats: PAL, Surround Sound
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 178 minutes

Synopsis
On 14th July 2008, the Montreux Jazz Festival honoured music legend Quincy Jones with this spectacular all-star concert. Among those paying tribute to their musical hero were Petula Clark, Herbie Hancock, Mick Hucknall, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Beverley Knight, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Paolo Nutini, and Curtis Stigers. And with this being Jones' 75th birthday, the party atmosphere lasted well into the night!
Tracklisting: 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly', 'Let The Good Times Roll', 'Makin' Whoopee', 'Moody's Mood', 'The Television Song', 'Honeysuckle Rose', 'Shiny Stockings', 'I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town / In The Heat Of The Night', 'If Ever I Lose This Heaven', 'Midnight Sun', 'One Mint Julep', 'Goin' To Chicago Blues', 'My Ship / Summertime', 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes', 'Almost Like Being In Love', 'Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)', 'What's Going On', 'Eyes Of Love (Carol's Theme) / Bluesette', 'Walking In Space', 'Strawberry Letter 23', 'How Do You Keep The Music Playing', 'The Dude', 'Billie Jean', 'Wall Of Sound', 'Mama Aifambeni', 'State Of Independence', 'Everything Must Change', 'Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)', 'Ai No Corrida', 'Stuff Like That'.

Customer Reviews

Awesome!
I bought this as a trial Blu-Ray - it's awesome! if you're a muso and you know anything about the real music scene, it'd be a crime not to have this in your library just for the house band alone: Nathan East, Paul Jackson jnr, Greg Phillinganes, Paulinho Da Costa, John Robinson and David Delhomme! But anything with Quincy Jones involved - even as a spectator can't fail to impress

The video of this concert seems to be refreshingly recorded without overdubs - so it may not be perfect but the rawness of it adds to the product. There's even a radio mic that doesn't work at one point which is reassuring for all of us in the business!

However raw it is though, the performances won't fail to put a huge smile on your face - Patti Austin performing "Makin' Whoopee" is amazingly fresh and with the likes of Petula Clark and Herbie Hancock all on the same stage, it can't fail but to create some magic. And when I say it's 'raw' that doesn't mean it's poor, it just means it hasn't been polished up in a studio afterwards which is rare nowadays!

Buy it, soak in it and play it to all your music loving friends, they'll thank you for it....

What a line-up
As I started watching the DVD on Blu-ray I was not only amased by the Picture quality but the line up that was on offer. MY only disappointment was not seeing another Genius BOB JAMES in the line up but he was represented well by his FOURPLAY collegues Harvey MASON, Nathan EAST and one former member Lee RITERNOUR. Al JARREAU looked splendid so was my fav all times woman JAZZ singer Patty AUSTIN. The are many more artists on offer and what a night it must have been at MONTREUX.

If you are a true JAZZ fan this is one for your collection.

Not really my cup of tea ....
Bought this as I love his work with Michael Jackson. Not really what I was expecting, with some really old songs that I had never heard of. There is some standout tracks (in my opinion) including the two tracks by Naturally 7. Picture and sound quality are excellent (Blu-Ray) I suggest you read the track listings before you buy.