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| Eagle Rock Entertainment's "Live at Montreux" Series As the 39th Annual Montreux Jazz Festival gets underway in scenic Montreux, Switzerland on Friday, July 1, preparations are being made to record the remarkable performances that routinely take place at this legendary music lover's event. This year's Festival will include Audioslave, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Alice Cooper, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Through an exclusive partnership with Montreux Sounds, Eagle Rock Entertainment is making highlights of the Festival's performances available for the first time for worldwide television broadcast as part of its "Live at Montreux" series. Eagle Rock also has an exclusive agreement with Montreux Sounds for access to its Festival archives, including shows dating back to the 1960s. With permission from the artists and their record companies, many of these performances are being released on DVD and CD. Eagle Rock's "Live at Montreux" DVD/CD series debuted in November 2004 and has captured major artists at critical junctures of their careers (Bonnie Raitt), crowd favorites delivering classic sets (Earth Wind & Fire, Chic), and seminal artists that are no longer with us performing their greatest works (Johnny Cash, Marvin Gaye). Many performances are recorded in High Definition, and are available in stereo, 5.1 surround and DTS audio. The Montreux Jazz Festival, which marks its 40th anniversary next year, is one of the most prestigious and largest European music festivals, with more than 200, 000 attendees in 2004. Under the peerless direction of Claude Nobs, the Festival has had a reputation for capturing stellar performances from well-known and up-and-coming jazz, rock, blues, r&b, hip-hop and world music artists since 1967, in a breathtaking setting surrounded by the Alpine mountains and Lake Geneva. 2005 will be the first year that Eagle Rock will make highlights from every artist's performance available for worldwide television broadcast. "The Montreux Festival is a music lover's fantasy -- nearly every major act from every genre of music has played it -- there's truly something for everyone, " said Geoff Kempin, Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Rock Entertainment. "Now, music fans all over the world can view these landmark performances by their favorite artists on television, and many of them will be available later for their DVD and CD collections." Upcoming titles in the DVD and CD series for worldwide release in 2005 include: Average White Band Live At Montreux 1977 DVD Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live At Montreux DVD, CD Legends feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, David Sanborn Live at Montreux 1997 DVD Dr. John Live At Montreux 1995/86 DVD, CD Candy Dulfer Live At Montreux 2002 DVD, CD James Brown Live At Montreux 1981 DVD, CD Chick Corea & The Elektric Band Live At Montreux 2004 DVD Youssou N'dour Live At Montreux DVD George Benson Live At Montreux 1986 DVD Nina Simone Live At Montreux 1976 DVD Suzanne Vega Live At Montreux 2000/2004 DVD Previous titles available on DVD and CD include: Johnny Cash Live At Montreux 1994 DVD George Clinton & P-Funk Live At Montreux 2004 DVD, CD Joe Cocker Live At Montreux 1987 DVD Al Di Meola Live At Montreux 1986/1993 DVD Di Meola/Ponty/Clark Live at Montreux 1994 DVD Earth, Wind & Fire Live At Montreux 1997 (+ 1998) DVD Emerson, Lake & Palmer Live At Montreux 1997 DVD Ella Fitzgerald Live At Montreux 1969 DVD Marvin Gaye Live At Montreux: Special Edition DVD, CD The Jeff Healey Band Live At Montreux 1999 DVD, CD Shane MacGowan & Popes Live At Montreux 1995 DVD Curtis Mayfield Live At Montreux 1987 DVD Charles Mingus Live At Montreux 1975 DVD The Moody Blues Live At Montreux 1991 DVD Gary Moore Live At Montreux 1990 (bonus from 1997) DVD Bonnie Raitt Live At Montreux 1997/1991 DVD Nile Rodgers & Chic Live At Montreux 2004 DVD write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |