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Various Artists - Live At The B&W Montreux Music Festival 1989 Vol.3
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 317 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: B&W Music # BW006 | Country/Year: UK 1991
Genre: Jazz | Style: Contemporary Jazz

A division of B&W Loudspeakers Ltd. (Bowers & Wilkins), B&W Music was a UK-based jazz, latin & electronica label launched in 1988 with the mission "to give the customer the chance to own a B&W speaker and also play B&W music". The loudspeaker company sponsored the Montreaux Jazz Festival between 1988 and 1990 and began releasing compilations recorded at the festival…

Polish jazz trumpeter honored for his long history as a major contributor to European jazz.
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