Claude Nobs, co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, died yesterday after a ski accident in Switzerland. He was 76.
Crazy inspiring guy, crazy life. “Funky Claude” did so much for music….
R.I.P. Claude Nobs
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Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Zurich, Switzerland
On December 13, 2011, really great ambiance, just *full*!
Pictures and videos taken with my new iPhone 4S, not bad ;-)
Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in December!
Just received the tickets for the coming Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Zurich on December 13, 2011.
Will be for sure super cool :-) My second concert of the Red Hot, after the one in 2006 also in Zurich!
Montreux Jazz Festival 2011
The program of the Montreux Jazz Festival 2011 (July 1 – 16) was published yesterday, as usual quite a bunch of interesting concerts!
With my friend Manu, we have decided us for the July 13 night with two concerts:
- Quincy Jones presents: A Night of Global Gumbo with Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Emily Bear, Esperanza Spalding, Nikki Yanofsky
- Tribute to Miles Davis (Musical Director : Marcus Miller) with Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Sean Jones, Sean Rickman
Both concerts are quite promising, in two very different styles. We could reserved two very good places, centrally positioned, not far away from the scene. Ticket-price is really going up, outch… Anyway, still very happy to be able to go there again this year ;-)
Montreux Jazz Festival Foundation 2011, © Artwork Francis Baudevin
Montreux 2010…
…was as usual a great time and breathing for Manu (old mate and Boomerang Owner & CEO) and myself. The Phil Collins concert was not soooo great. The band was cool (specially the bass player), Phil Collins very … uhm … not cool (was he sick?). I’m not a Motown specialist, but some choices for the covers were quite “odd/bizarre”, to be honest. Kind of The Love Boat series…
Nice view on the lake and mountains from our hotel
Direct view on the auditorium
Before the concert started
A video of “Papa was a rolling stone”
Moby – Wait for me / Ambient and Remixes
Just bought (for all in all 11 EUR, and 28 tracks!) and downloaded two new albums released by Moby and based on Wait for me, i.e. the Ambient and Remixes versions.
On May 17th, Moby will release ‘Wait For Me. Remixes!’, an album consisting of reworked versions of tracks from the critically acclaimed ‘Wait For Me’, released through Moby’s label ‘Little Idiot’ last year. Moby has enlisted some of dance music’s biggest names for the project including Tiesto, Laidback Luke, Gui Boratto, and Carl Cox
Really great, very simple buying-process on moby store. And the first time I see (finally!) some high-quality MP3 (320 Kbits)…
Coming concerts!
I will be able to go to two concerts in the coming months.
Phil Collins plays ‘60s Motown and Soul in Montreux, Switzerland
Exceptional concert of Phil Collins, the only one in Europe, at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The Festival will actually open on July 1, 2010 specially for this concert and will last 17 days this year, instead of 16.
Phil Collins will play some covers from The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and Smokey Robinson!
The band will be also exceptional, with 18 musicians:
- a brass section with 5 musicians
- six backing vocalists
- the Funk Brothers of Motown (bassist: Bob Babbitt, guitarist: Eddie Willis, guitarist: Ray Monette)
Leonard Cohen in Basel, Switzerland
I had the chance to see Leonard Cohen for one of his concert in August 2009. That was really one of the best concert I have ever seen. That’s the reason why I am so happy I could buy some tickets for his coming concert in Basel, Switzerland on September 8, 2010.