Montreux

An EP containing the tracks "Drowning in My Own Tears," "Granma's Hands, " "Lady Godiva's Room, " and "Love for Sale."

Albert King, Chico Hamilton & Little Milton - Montreux Festival (1974) {Stax ‎SCD-4132-2 rel 1991}
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© 1974, 1991 Stax ‎Records / Fantasy | SCD-4132-2
Jazz / Blues / Modern Electric Blues / Soul-Blues

This is not a long album. Little Milton takes up less than 10 minutes of it in his two songs (Let Me Down Easy, We're Gonna Make It). Chico gets a single cut, the first cut "In View" (12:20), in which he smokes - a nice opening to the show. The last 3 songs are King in fine form in this vintage 1973 show at Montreux - could have offered us more, but it's better than nothing.

Recorded at Albert King's appearance at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, Blues at Sunrise: Live at Montreux is a typically engaging live record from the guitarist. King is in good form and the set list is a little unpredictable, featuring standards like "Blues at Sunrise" and "I'll Play the Blues for You" as well as lesser-known items like "Little Brother (Make a Way)" and "Don't Burn Down the Bridge."

Live archive release from the Rock/New Wave supergroup featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds along with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Recorded live in 1980, this 16 track set finds the bad playing songs from their Seconds Of Pleasure album along with choice tracks from Edmunds' and Lowe's solo catalog and more.

This is a fine CD of Blues Brothers material, featuring the original Blues Brothers Band and frontman Larry Thurston, performing at Montreux Jazz Festival on July 12, 1989. From the late '80s through the early 90's, the Blues Brothers Band was a popular touring act throughout Europe, with Mr. Thurston doing a fine job on lead vocals. None of the other 90's Blues Brothers frontmen (Dan Ackroyd, John Goodman, Jim Belushi) appear on this CD or in this Line-Up. Not exactly "essential", but a good performance of the tour band during this period of the band's history.

This live album captures Beth Carvalho's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. She is accompanied on stage by the Quinteto em Branco e Preto and five other seasoned samba musicians. The repertoire includes classic songs such as 'Chega De Saudade', 'Coisinha Do Pai', and 'As Rosas Não Falam', a Carnival potpourri, and newer releases like 'Lenços Brancos'. The "godmother of samba" welcomes special guest Jorge Aragão for the performance of 'Tem Nada Não'.

Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 is a historically significant recording, presenting Stevie Ray Vaughan in the biggest show of his life to that date, then three years later, once he had become a star. The 1982 show is essentially the show that got his career started. He met both Jackson Browne and David Bowie after his set, and they were so impressed that Browne volunteered use of his studio (for free!) for Stevie to record what would become his debut album, and Bowie recruited him as lead guitarist for the Let's Dance album and tour (alas, the tour was not to be). However, not everyone was so impressed. In fact, there are choruses of boos that follow nearly every tune. Vaughan was basically a nobody at the time, playing very electric blues at the end of a mostly acoustic program.