A list of concerts I went to. 354
2026 16
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2026-10-31

Hiromi: The Trio Project: Hiromi Uehara, James Genus, and Simon Phillips

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
I didn't know Hiromi. At all. I'd never heard or seen anything by her. It was my father who suggested going to see her. I didn't regret it. It blew me away.
2026-10-31

The Jazz Trio: Florian Egli, Raphael Walser, and Jonas Ruther

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.0)
It started off very mild and, fortunately, built up a bit over time.
2026-10-30

Kurt Rosenwinkel The Remedy Group: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Seamus Blake, Aaron Goldberg, Joe Martin, and Kendrick Scott

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
I'd already seen Kurt Rosenwinkel in 2017, but I didn't like it. This time, the magic really happened. All the musicians were very good, but I especially enjoyed the saxophone player (Seamus Blake).
2026-10-30

François Lindemann & Alvin Queen Sextet: François Lindemann, Alvin Queen, Greg Osby, Jorge Vistel, Robin Eubanks, and Heiri Känzig

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.5)
I'd briefly seen François Lindemann at the Funky Claude evening in 2013. This was my first real concert with him. I'd already seen Greg Osby in 2017 (with Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, etc.), Robin Eubanks in 2004 (with Dave Holland), Heiri Känzig in 2000 (with Thierry Lang), and Alvin Queen in 2005 (with Oscar Peterson). Gary Bartz and Eddie Henderson were originally supposed to be there, but unfortunately they couldn't make it.
2026-10-18

Kenny Garrett, Keith Brown, Eric Wheeler, Ronald Bruner Jr., and Rudy Bird

Jumeaux Jazz Club, Lausanne, Switzerland
(4.25)
I can't believe I hadn't seen Kenny Garrett live since 2019! I had a ticket for a concert in Geneva in 2024, but it was cancelled without explanation. So this was the 10th time I saw Kenny live, the 8th time under his own name (I'd also seen him with Marcus Miller and with Roy Haynes), and the 2nd time in Lausanne. I was in the front row, right in the middle, less than two meters from Kenny, who, as usual, got the audience involved (singing, dancing, etc.). I had no choice but to join in!
2026-09-11

Kirill Gerstein & Brad Mehldau: Kirill Gerstein and Brad Mehldau

Petit Palais, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, Montreux, Switzerland
Septembre Musical Montreux-Vevey
(4.0)
My 15th Brad Mehldau concert, this time in a more classical setting. They played Brad's own compositions, but also compositions by Fauré and Brahms. The idea (a dialogue between two pianists) was fun.
2026-07-26

Luiza, ?, ?, ?, and ?

Véga, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
Accompanying my wife and son to Paléo (concert 2 out of 2).
2026-07-26

UtopieXXL: Charlotte Müller Perrier, Jonathan Spicher, Jean-Luc Waeber, Alexandre Rion, Kathrin Hartmann, Dominique Haldemann, Maîtrise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, and Gonzague Monney

Véga, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.25)
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff), performed by UtopieXXL, a 150-singer choir built around the Ensemble Vocal Utopie, in the version for two pianos and percussion. Accompanying my wife and son to Paléo (concert 1 out of 2).
2026-07-24

Shems Bendali Quintet: Shems Bendali, Arthur Donnot, Andrew Audiger, Yves Marcotte, and Marton Kiss

Cinéma de Verbier, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival
(3.5)
Ciné-concert (UNLTD series, Miles Davis 100): the quintet improvised new music live over Louis Malle's film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), echoing the original soundtrack improvised by Miles Davis in 1957. Not bad.
2026-07-17

Gregory Porter, Chip Crawford, Ondrej Pivec, Scooter Brown, Jahmal Nichols, and Emanuel Harrold

Montreux Jazz Lab, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(2.0)
We stayed after the Charles Lloyd concert, without knowing who Gregory Porter is. After seeing so many great musicians (Charles Lloyd, Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Mino Cinelu, Billy Cobham, etc.), let's just say it was a let-down.
2026-07-17

Charles Lloyd, Gerald Clayton, Harish Raghavan, and Kweku Sumbry

Montreux Jazz Lab, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
That was really nice seeing Charles Lloyd again, for the 7th time and the first time in 7 years. I saw his workshop/interview two days before in Montreux as well.
2026-07-16

Marcus Miller — We Want Miles!: Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Mino Cinelu, Russell Gunn, Brett Williams, and Anwar Marshall

Montreux Jazz Lab, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.5)
This was just great. This was the second time I was seeing Mike Stern and Bill Evans together, but of course the first time I was seeing them with Marcus Miller. They should release a live album of this tour.
2026-07-16

Billy Cobham's Time Machine: Billy Cobham, Gary Husband, Rocco Zifarelli, Victor Cisternas, Bjorn Arko, Antonio Baldino, and Andrea Andreoli

Montreux Jazz Lab, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I realized I was not familiar with Billy Cobham at all. I knew he covered Sign O' The Times at some point. I since learned Stratus, which Prince played between 2006 and 2015 (notably in 2009 in Montreux), is a Cobham track. And also Red Baron, which Marcus Miller covered as well.
2026-07-11

Grigory Sokolov

Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy
(3.5)
My first Sokolov concert. Programme: Sonata n. 4 op. 7 (Ludwig van Beethoven); Sei Bagatelle op. 126 (Ludwig van Beethoven); Sonata in B flat major D960 (Franz Schubert).
2026-04-11

The Bad Plus Potter Taborn: Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Reid Anderson, and Dave King

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
I agree with Reid Anderson that Keith Jarrett's American Quartet was a great band. That was a fun concert, a bit too short.
2026-04-11

CJO plays Victor Decamp: Victor Decamp, Marina Iten, Marco Karrer, Xavier Sprunger, Felix Grandjean, Lukas Kohler, Benjamin Szilágyi, Daniel Hernandez, Jonathan Salvi, Michael Cina, and Emilio Giovanoli

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.0)
It was a quality concert, but a little clinical, shall we say.
2025 13
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2025-12-02

Lamomali: Matthieu Chedid, Fatoumata Diawara, Lubiana Kepaou, Madou Diabaté, Mike Clinton, Maxime Garoute, Boubacar Dembélé, Mountaga Diabaté, and Corentin Pujol

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.75)
Our 7-year-old son's first "real" concert. And my first Matthieu Chedid concert in 10 years. It was really fun.
2025-12-02

Alex Montembault

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.5)
Opening for Matthieu Chedid. Nice voice.
2025-11-02

Aldebert: Guillaume Aldebert, Nicolas Alberny, Nicolas Bastos, Christophe Darlot, and Hubert Harel

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
My son's first Aldebert concert. A nice show for kids, but also for parents.
2025-10-15

KNOWER: Louis Cole, Genevieve Artadi, Petter Olofsson (Petter 9000), Thom Gill, Isis Giraldo (Chiquita Magic), and Israel Strom

Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy
(4.0)
My first KNOWER / Louis Cole concert and, I hope, not the last one. The mix was quite bad, at least from the front row, where I was, but the concert was fun. Genevieve came to high-five us at the end of the show. That was nice of her.
2025-08-01

Brad Mehldau, Felix Moseholm, and Jorge Rossy

Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival
(3.75)
Brad's 3rd concert in Verbier, this time with a trio and at a larger venue. I liked how Brad and Jorge gave Felix Moseholm a lot of space to play. He's certainly very talented.
2025-07-24

Julien Doré, ?, ?, ?, ?, and ?

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
Unknown musicians. Not my cup of tea, but my 7-year-old son likes him.
2025-07-24

Styleto, ?, ?, and ?

Véga, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
Unknown musicians. Simple French pop. Not bad.
2025-06-29

Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Noam Tanzer, Bob Franceschini, and Dennis Chambers

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, Montréal, QC, Canada
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
(4.25)
My 3rd Mike Stern concert and also the 3rd time I saw Dennis Chambers. It was the first time I saw the three other musicians in the band, who were also excellent. All in all a great concert, that I would have appreciated more with less jetlag.
2025-06-29

Matys Colpron, Antoine Tousignant, Samuel Baglier, Vincent Dessureault, and Cédric de Saint-Rome

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, Montréal, QC, Canada
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
(3.0)
They were opening for Mike Stern. I'm not 100% sure about the names of the musicians. I was jetlagged and obviously there for Mike Stern. A few of the songs were pretty cool.
2025-04-08

Chris Potter & Craig Taborn: Chris Potter and Craig Taborn

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I love Chris Potter, but they played some very cerebral music and I was very tired. The encore was a bit easier to follow.
2025-04-05

PianoForte: Baptiste Trotignon, Bojan Zulfikarpasic, Eric Legnini, and Pierre de Bethmann

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
The audience loved them as well. They mainly played covers. Some excellent tunes, such as The Windup. I was a bit underwhelmed. The musicians were excellent, but the sound of four pianos and/or Fender Rhondes playing at the same time was a bit... awkward?
2025-04-05

John Scofield, Vicente Archer, and Bill Stewart

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I love John Scofield. That was straight jazz. A bit too straight for me.
2025-04-05

Vincent Schmidt & Natan Niddam: Vincent Schmidt and Natan Niddam

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
The audience loved them. They were having fun and that was obvious to everybody. They played some very melodic tunes.
2024 12
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2024-12-08

Maxime Pitois, Orchestre de Ribaupierre, and Iván Orlín

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musique & gourmandises
(3.75)
We could only stay for the first part (Tchaïkovski, Concerto pour violon en ré majeur op. 35), unfortunately, as our son was sick. The soloist was impressive.
2024-10-30

Branford Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, and Justin Faulkner

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.75)
I didn't really know what to expect, as I was not familiar with Marsalis' work outside of what he did with Miles Davis and Sting, and I only knew Joey Calderazzo from his work with Michael Brecker. The musicianship was great and the musicians seemed happy to play (laughing and exchanging jokes). My only reservation was that Justin Faulkner, the drummer, can be very, very loud and took a bit too much space to my liking. At the same time, he was quite impressive.
2024-10-29

Avishai Cohen, Guy Moskovich, and Roni Kaspi

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
A tight and generous performance. Roni Kaspi was quite impressive, in particular.
2024-07-26

Olivia Ruiz, ?, ?, ?, ?, and ?

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
Unknown musicians. The older songs were pretty good. I'm not familiar with her new album. We saw a bit of Véronique Sanson after that (not my cup of tea). My son's first Paléo Festival.
2024-07-26

La Radicale: Bertrand Blessing and Laura Boudou

La Ruche, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
Tracas#1 show by the Compagnie La Radicale. Not really a concert per se. More of an artistic performance with music? We saw a bit of L'Armée du Chahut before that (acapella band, with seven singers).
2024-07-18

Janelle Monáe, Kellindo Parker, Lessie Vonner, Lorenzo Nelson, Dearcus Curry, and Kyla Wright

Scène du Lac, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I last saw Janelle live in 2012, in Montreux. I really like her 2007-2010 output. I love her duet with Prince (2013). I kind of lost interest after that. Her show was impressive visually, but not that much musically. Her cover of "Let's Go Crazy" was very average.
2024-07-18

Raye, Matthew Brooks, Paul Murray, Olivia Thompson, Daniella Bernard, Daniel Ellis, Michael Cordone, Graeme Blevins, Daniel Higham, and Thomas Richards

Scène du Lac, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
I didn't know Raye at all. I was pleasantly surprised. She was clearly happy to be there. Part of her Swiss family was in the audience. She exuded a lot of positive energy.
2024-07-13

Mathieu Herzog and Orchestre Appassionato

Espace Saint-Marc, Le Châble, Switzerland
Rencontres Verbier Musique & Cinéma
(3.5)
"Concert Famille: L'univers de Disney par l'Orcherstre Synphonique Appassionato Venez rêver au rythme des mélodies entêtantes des plus beaux films Disney." Another concert with our son. That was fun. The conductor had a great sense of humor.
2024-06-22

Gaëtan: Gaëtan Cruchet, Arsène Liechti, and Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

Théâtre de Beausobre, Morges, Switzerland
Diabolo Festival
(3.25)
Pierre et le loup and original songs. My son's second Gaëtan concert.
2024-04-09

Yaron Herman

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
My 12th Yaron Herman concert and the 3rd one at the Temple in Cully. Fantastic concert. We were right behind Yaron (2 meters away?), so were able to see his hands "fly" on the keyboard. Impressive.
2024-04-06

Portico Quartet: Duncan Bellamy, Jack Wyllie, Milo Fitzpatrick, and Taz Modi

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(2.75)
The drummer was pretty good. The other musicians left me cold and the music was quite repetitive.
2024-04-06

Avishai Cohen Quartet: Avishai Cohen (trp), Barak Mori, Yonathan Avishai, and Ziv Ravitz

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
My first Avishai Cohen (trumpet) concert. I had already seen Ziv Ravitz three times with Yaron Herman. Their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G (2nd Movement) was beautiful.
2023 4
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2023-07-25

Brad Mehldau

Église de Verbier, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival
(4.0)
I saw Brad almost one year before exactly at the same venue. The format was more or less the same, with maybe more original compositions than pop/rock songs this time. A very "generous" concert, like the previous one, with four encores.
2023-07-15

Cory Wong, Kevin Gastonguay, Yohannes Tona, Petar Janjic, Michael B. Nelson, Tay Webb, Kenni Holmen, Jake Boffs, and Alex Bone

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
I've heard Cory Wong a lot on his YouTube channel. I discovered him in 2022, realizing that he was playing with two former Prince musicians (Sonny Thompson and Michael B. Nelson). I was a bit disappointed to see that Sonny was not part of the tour, but happy to finally see/hear Michael B. Nelson (he's kind of a legend to me, having heard him and/or his work so many times in Prince's music). I'm still not totally convinced by Cory's music, which is a bit too much pop/light to my ears, but there's definitely a lot of talent in the band.
2023-07-13

Marcus Miller, Russell Gunn, Donald Hayes, Xavier Gordon, Anwar Marshall, and Tom Ibarra

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
My 17th (!) Marcus Miller concert. This is the musician I've seen the most live. I hadn't seen him in 7 years. Nothing revolutionary, but the music is top-notch, as always. I didn't know any of the musicians playing with him. Tom Ibarra, in particular, is apparently not touring with Marcus. He's a 23-year-old guitar player who already played with Marcus in 2016.
2023-07-13

Pat Metheny, Chris Fishman, and Joe Dyson

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
I hadn't seen Pat in 13 years. That was in Montreux as well. At that time, he was still refusing to be recorded. I'm not very familiar with his music, but this was an excellent concert.
2022 10
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2022-11-20

Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, and Eric Harland

Théâtre Le Reflet, Vevey, Switzerland
(4.25)
I saw this exact same band 6 years ago. There's not much to say: those musicians are all excellent. I was not a fan of Lionel Loueke before (especially with Herbie Hancock), but that night his sound didn't bother me. I actually liked a lot of what he did.
2022-11-06

Abdullah Ibrahim

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
This was the fourth time I saw Abdullah Ibrahim and the first time in 13 years. This was a beautiful concert, as is his last album. At 88 years old, I don't know if I'll see him live again (you never know). This made this concert even more special.
2022-07-23

Thomas Quasthoff, Bill Evans, Niels Landgren, Dieter Ilg, Wolfgang Haffner, and Simon Oslender

Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival
(2.5)
Overall, a very mainstream jazz concert. It sometimes felt like "hotel bar jazz". I was not convinced by Thomas Quasthoff's style/humor, which I found off-putting, like Médéric Collignon's scat singing last year. We attended this concert mainly because Bill Evans was there, but his presence is still somewhat of a mystery to me, as his skills were underused. Dieter Ilg's introduction solo to "Summertime" was really excellent. A nice (but a bit too conventional) version of "Jean-Pierre" was played.
2022-07-20

Brad Mehldau

Église de Verbier, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival
(4.0)
A very pleasant 2-hour solo piano concert in a very hot church. Brad played a lot of pop/rock songs (Radiohead, The Beatles, David Bowie, etc.). This was the 11th time I saw him in concert.
2022-07-04

Björk, Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, and Sinfonietta de Lausanne

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
Some songs were beautiful. Overall, this concert made a fact obvious to me: Björk songs work because of the electronic and rhythmic elements. Removing them is an interesting, but also frustrating exercise.
2022-05-22

Henri Dès and Fabien Iannone

Le Zénith, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland
(3.5)
Our second Henri Dès concert this year. Our 4-year-old son loved it.
2022-04-06

Lana Kostic

Le Club, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
This was a short (45-minute?) concert for people who donated some money to the festival after it was cancelled in 2020. Not necessarily the kind of music I would listen to, but as a live performance, it was quite fascinating. It was a sonic as well as a visual experience.
2022-04-03

Gaëtan: Gaëtan Cruchet and Fred Leclercq

Grande salle, Chavornay, Switzerland
(3.25)
Our son's third concert.
2022-03-13

Isabelle Meyer, Tobias Noss, ?, ?, Marilyne Musy, ?, and ?

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Un Fantôme à l’Opéra
(3.25)
Another concert/show with our almost-4-year-old son.
2022-01-22

Henri Dès and Fabien Iannone

Théâtre de Beausobre, Morges, Switzerland
(3.5)
Our son's first "real" concert. That was fun.
2021 3
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2021-10-23

Médéric Collignon, Yvan Robillard, Stéphane Kerecki, and Fabrice Moreau

Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
(3.25)
The music itself was pretty good (thanks to Miles' compositions, among others), but I'm definitely not a fan of Médéric Collignon's scat singing. His attempts at humor between the tunes were also off-putting.
2021-09-09

Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien: Vincent Peirani and Emile Parisien

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
Two virtuosos which I already saw together in Cully in 2015 (as part of a quartet). I saw Emile Parisien's own band in Cully in 2019 and I also saw him with Yaron Herman in 2012. The concert was very good. I bought their latest studio album, which is also excellent.
2021-09-09

Andrina Bollinger

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.25)
My first "real" concert in almost two years. Not really my cup of tea, but Andrina Bollinger has a lot of positive energy. It was an enjoyable concert. She's apparently a David Lynch fan and watched the whole Twin Peaks series last year (as she explained before a song inspired by Lynch). She gets a bonus point for that. :)
2019 11
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2019-11-03

Chris Potter, Dave Holland, and Zakir Hussain

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.75)
I really like Chris Potter and Dave Holland. Zakir Hussain, which I also saw with Charles Lloyd, is a great musician, but I'm less impressed with his style. Overall, the playing was excellent, but I was probably not in the right mood to fully appreciate the music (which, without bass and drums, was a bit more laid-back, less energetic).
2019-11-01

Charles Lloyd & Kindred Spirits: Charles Lloyd, Marvin Sewell, Gerald Clayton, Harish Raghavan, and Eric Harland

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
That was my sixth Charles Lloyd concert. That was also the sixth time I saw Eric Harland, which I previously saw with Charles Lloyd, as well as with Dave Holland. This was the first time I saw the other musicians. I really liked Marvin Sewell (the guitarist). Overall, a great concert.
2019-11-01

District Five: Tapiwa Svosve, Vojko Huter, Xaver Rüegg, and Paul Amereller

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(2.5)
Nice musicians, but the music was a bit too repetitive/"ambient" for my tastes.
2019-09-27

The Black Shoe's Button: Sarah Artacho, Hélène Millasson, Christine Chanson, and Nathalie Winiger

La Cave du Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sarah is a former colleague of mine. The band has a lot of energy. We had a good time.
2019-07-12

Chick Corea, Jorge Pardo, Niño Josele, Marcus Gilmore, Carlitos del Puerto, Steve Davis, Mike Rodriguez, Luisito Quintero, and Niño de los Reyes

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
Nothing radically new from Chick (e.g. he has been doing the "Concierto de Aranjuez" / "Spain" encore, with the audience singing, for decades now), but the music was excellent and the musicians were obviously having fun. This was a very enjoyable concert.
2019-07-12

Linda May Han Oh, Greg Ward, Matthew Stevens, and Allen Mednard

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.25)
This concert left me a bit cold. I'm not a fan of Oh's singing.
2019-06-28

Sting, Josh Freese, Ben Butler, Rufus Miller, Melissa Tatro, James Roston, Shane Sager, and Kevon Webster

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.0)
I only stayed during the first 20-30 minutes of the concert. I then had to leave, because I didn't feel well, but, to be honest, I was also bored. I like Sting, but how many times do we need to hear the same songs, over and over?
2019-04-12

Emile Parisien Quartet: Emile Parisien, Julien Touery, Ivan Gelugne, and Julien Loutelier

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
At this point during the night, I was maybe a bit too tired, but it seemed to me that the band was less nuanced than the two previous bands. They had a lot of energy and the audience loved the concert, so maybe I missed something.
2019-04-12

Yaron Herman, Ziv Ravitz, and Sam Minaie

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
My 11th Yaron Herman concert. I've now seen him more than Herbie Hancock! They played a long medley/suite of Yaron's recent compositions, without any pause, which I really liked.
2019-04-12

Andreas Schaerer & A Novel Of Anomaly: Andreas Schaerer, Luciano Biondini, Kalle Kalima, and Lucas Niggli

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
I didn't know who was playing before Yaron Herman and it happened to be Andreas Schaerer, which I has already seen twice in Cully. The band was great! A lot of energy. All the musicians were excellent, but the accordionist and guitarist were particularly good.
2019-03-09

Kenny Garrett, Vernell Brown, Corcoran Holt, Samuel Laviso, and Rudy Bird

Théâtre Maurice Novarina, Maison des Arts du Léman, Thonon-les-Bains, France
(4.25)
A fantastic concert (and quite long as well - 130 minutes). I think I knew all the tunes. Samuel Laviso played like his life depended on it from start to finish. The encores included "Happy People", as usual, which always works. I heard a few very recognizable quotes ("Summertime", "Frère Jacques" (?), a tune by Coltrane, but also "Wrinkle" and another tune from Kenny's time with Miles).
2018 8
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2018-11-14

Neneh Cherry, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, and ?

Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland
Les Créatives
(3.75)
The last time I saw Neneh Cherry was with The Thing in 2012. Having excellent musicians with you is important. Her 2018 band is average-to-good, I would say. It's not really tight. Their sound worked better with the new songs (from Broken Politics, which is very good). As for older songs, "Manchild" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" were pretty good; "7 Seconds" didn't work (without Youssou N'Dour, I guess it can't); "Buffalo Stance" (?) was also average. I still had a good time, though (front row, Neneh often standing at less than one meter from me).
2018-11-14

The Fault: Julie Hugo, Tania Bochud, and Fabien Vodoz

Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland
Les Créatives
(2.5)
Not bad. It's hard to open for another artist...
2018-07-10

Jack White, Carla Azar, Dominic Davis, Quincy McCrary, and Neal Evans

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
I'm only familiar with a couple of White Stripes albums, which I like very much. The concert was good, but I'm wondering whether Jack White's sound doesn't work best in studio. Obviously, I don't know what I'm talking about and will listen to the rest of his discography soon...
2018-07-10

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue: Troy Andrews, Peter Murano, Joshua Connelly, Robert Peebles, Mike Bass-Bailey, Bernard Kym Jackson, and Daniel Oestreicher

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.0)
A lot of energy, but a little too much "in your face" for my taste.
2018-07-06

Jason Moran

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
It's always difficult for me to listen to solo piano and not think about Keith Jarrett. But Jason has a style of his own. I especially liked his more "experimental" songs ("sounds").
2018-07-02

Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
I usually love Brad. I've seen him at least 8-9 times at this point. I don't know if it was him or me, I but I found his playing particularly odd that night. Brad played with a lot of restraint. It was not bad, but surprising.
2018-07-01

Stanley Clarke, Cameron Graves, Shariq Tucker, Beka Gochiashvili, and Salar Nader

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I'm not very familiar with Stanley Clarke. I liked him a lot with Herbie Hancock in 1991 and with S.M.V. in 2008. I also like School Days. I liked most of what I heard during this concert, but I could have done without the keyboards. Awful sounds. (Sorry, Cameron...) The drummer what excellent, however.
2018-07-01

Roosevelt Collier, Rodrigo Zambrano, Jason Matthews, and Armando Lopez

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.25)
I liked the overall sound of the band. It worked most of the time. However, I found Collier's way of playing the pedal steel guitar a bit simplistic or lazy, at times.
2017 11
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2017-10-15

The Preservation All-Stars: Wendell Brunious, Maynard Chatters, Will Smith, Aron Lambert, Richard Moten, Rickie Monie, and Louis Ford

Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA, USA
(3.5)
A 45-minute show. No smartphone. An attentive audience. We were very close to the musicians (next to the trombone player). We had a really good time. I had already been there in 2001.
2017-10-13

Washboard Chaz Blues Trio: Chaz Leary, ?, and ?

The Spotted Cat Music Club, New Orleans, LA, USA
(3.0)
A nice blues trio in a noisy bar. For the price of a cheap drink. Not really my cup of tea, but it was not bad.
2017-07-10

Mike Stern & Randy Brecker: Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Lenny White, and Teymur Phell

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
Mike Stern and Lenny White are two musicians who, again, played with Miles Davis (Mike Stern in 1981-83 and 1985-86, and Lenny White, on the Bitches Brew album). I had already seen Mike Stern with Bill Evans (another musician who played with Miles) in 2005. A good and fun concert. I don't think I'm a fan of the way Randy Brecker plays the trumpet, but there aren't many trumpet players I enjoy outside of Miles. I should probably give him another chance. All the musicians were good, though, especially Mike Stern, who has a very recognizable style.
2017-07-10

Saxophone Summit: Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Phil Markowitz, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
I had already seen Joe Lovano in Cully in 2009 and Billy Hart with Charles Lloyd in 1999. Dave Liebman played with Miles Davis on the On The Corner album, on tracks such as "Calypso Frelimo" and "He Loved Him Madly", as well as on many concerts in 1973-74. I didn't know Billy Hart played with Miles Davis (on On The Corner and Tutu). This was what I would call "cerebral music" (not many melodies, a lot of dissonance, etc.). Overall, I liked Dave Liebman better than the other two sax players.
2017-07-10

Olli Hirvonen New Helsinki: Olli Hirvonen, Adam O'Farrill, Luke Marantz, Marty Kenney, and Nathan Ellman-bell

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
A "young" band. I liked it a lot better than Kurt Rosenwinkel a few days earlier. A lot of energy. I liked how Olli Hirvonen played the guitar. Unfortunately, the audience was apparently not convinced (the music was a bit too loud, maybe?) and there wasn't any encore (they played for less than 40 minutes). A shame.
2017-07-07

John Scofield Überjam: John Scofield, Andy Hess, Avi Bortnick, and Dennis Chambers

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
An excellent concert! This was my 8th John Scofield concert and my 3rd Überjam concert, this time with Dennis Chambers, which I saw last year for the first time with Bill Evans & Co. This was excellent, funky, full of energy from start to finish. I really like the Überjam concept. It works well. Miles would be proud (?).
2017-07-07

Kurt Rosenwinkel's Caipi: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pedro Martins, Antonio Loureiro, Bill Campbell, Federico Heliodoro, and Olivia Trummer

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(2.5)
They're talented, that's for sure. But I was definitely not impressed by the compositions and the unison-like singing. A couple of guitar solos were pretty good.
2017-07-06

The New Power Generation: Andre Anderson (aka André Cymone), Kip Blackshire, Thomas Elm (aka Tommy Barbarella), Morris Hayes, Damon Herbert-Dickson, Kirk Johnson, Anthony Mosley (aka Tony M.), Michael Scott, and Lloyd Thompson (aka Sonny T.)

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
If it wasn't for the music, my rating would be lower. Let's be honest: I had fun from start to finish, even if they're not the greatest musicians. Two conclusions: Prince's music, in itself, is great, but Prince was of course an important part of the equation. Anyway, I didn't expect much, so I was happy to be there. The New Power Generation was opening for Lauryn Hill, but there were a lot of Prince fans in the audience (hints: t-shirts, tatoos, etc.). The setlist was, I think, pretty much the same as at the other European concerts (7 songs from 1991-92 and 18 songs from 1980-90, if I'm correct). Mainly hits. Nothing from 1993-2016 (a real shame!). "Call the Law" was an excellent surprise (although, Mike Scott on the guitar is definitely not the same as Prince, of course). "Jughead" was fun. There was a moment of silence for John Blackwell just before "Purple Rain".
2017-04-04

McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cannon, and Francisco Mela

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
McCoy Tyner is a legend, but let's be honest: at 78, he's currently not at his best. He still has some energy left, but his playing is a bit patchy, to say the least. I must say that I was not completely comfortable seeing him like that (i.e. less than healthy, barely able to walk and speak). I was far more impressed by Wayne Shorter's concert last year, for example (he was 82 at the time). Anyway, the concert consisted of three parts, each with a single piano player (Craig Taborn came first, then Geri Allen, and finally McCoy Tyner, who played for about 30 minutes).
2017-04-04

Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, and Julian Sartorius

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
This was the third time I saw Colin Vallon, but I can't say I'm really familiar with his music, which is quite melodic, sometimes based on repetitive, almost funky riffs. I had already seen Patrice Moret a lot at Le Bout du Monde, a bar with a small concert room in Vevey, back in 2006. This was the second time I saw him with Colin Vallon. This was also the third time I saw Julian Sartorius and the first two times were solo performances (drums only), which were enjoyable but didn't particularly convince me. I liked him way better in the context of this trio. So, yes, musicians I had already seen quite a few times, but that I don't really know. I think I'm going to buy Colin Vallon's latest album, "Danse". We'll see.
2017-04-02

Autour de Chet: Camélia Jordana, Hugh Coltman, Piers Faccini, Erik Truffaz, Camille Bertault, Airelle Besson, Cyril Atef, Christophe Minck, Pierre-François Dufour, Bojan Z, and Stéphane Belmondo

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
I had already seen Erik Truffaz five times, mainly in Cully, incidentally. I had also already seen Bojan Z once, in Cully, in 2004, and Cyril Atef three times, with Mathieu Chedid, the last time in 2010. There were many good moments during the concert, as well as far more average moments. With 11 musicians on stage, never all at the same moment, it was to be expected. "A Taste of Honey", with Piers Faccini on vocals, was one of the highlights, for me.
2016 18
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2016-11-04

Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, and Eric Harland

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.25)
2016-11-04

Julian Sartorius

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.5)
2016-11-03

David Sanborn & Christian McBride Trio: David Sanborn, Christian McBride, Christian Sands, and Jerome Jennings

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.0)
2016-11-03

Rosset Meyer Geiger: Josquin Rosset, Gabriel Meyer, and Jan Geiger

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.5)
2016-11-02

Gary Peacock, Marc Copland, and Joey Baron

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.75)
2016-11-02

Florian Favre, Manu Hagmann, and Arthur Hnatek

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.75)
2016-07-14

Carlos Santana, Paoli Mejias, Tommy Anthony, Karl Perazzo, Andy Vargas, David K. Mathews, Benny Rietveld, Cindy Blackman Santana, and Ray Greene

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2016-07-14

Marcus Miller, Alex Bailey, Alex Han, Russell Gunn, and Brett Williams

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2016-07-11

Bill Evans, Darryl Jones, Dennis Chambers & Dean Brown: Bill Evans, Darryl Jones, Dennis Chambers, and Dean Brown

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2016-07-11

Christian Scott, Braxton Cook, Lawrence Fields, Kris Funn, Cory Fonville, and Elena Pinderhughes

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2016-07-03

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension: John McLaughlin, Gary Husband, Etienne Mbappe, and Ranjit Barot

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2016-07-03

Scofield Mehldau Guiliana: John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, and Mark Guiliana

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2016-07-03

Herbie Hancock, James Genus, Travor Lawrence Jr, and Terrace Martin

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2016-05-25

Didier Lockwood, Antonio Faraò, Martin Gjakonovski, and Vladimir Kostadinovic

Forum Rolex, Learning Center, EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland
Jazz at the Polytechnique
(4.0)
2016-04-15

Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Terri Lyne Carrington

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2016-04-15

Gauthier Toux, Maxence Sibille, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Zacharie Ksyk, and Erwan Valazza

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2016-04-11

Kenny Garrett, Vernell Brown, Corcoran Holt, Marcus Baylor, and Rudy Bird

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2016-04-11

Yaron Herman and Ziv Ravitz

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2015 11
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2015-10-30

Marcus Miller, Marquis Hill, Alex Han, Adam Agati, Brett Williams, Alex Bailey, and Mino Cinelu

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.25)
2015-10-30

Christoph Stiefel, Arne Huber, and Peter Gall

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.25)
2015-07-17

Louis, Matthieu, Joseph & Anna Chedid: Louis Chedid, Matthieu Chedid, Anna Chedid, and Joseph Chedid

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2015-07-16

Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock: Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2015-05-28

Erik Truffaz, Murcof, and Philippe Garcia

Forum Rolex, Learning Center, EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland
Jazz at the Polytechnique
(3.5)
"Being Human Being". Illustrations by Enki Bilal (not present on stage).
2015-04-18

Joshua Redman, Reuben Rogers, and Gregory Hutchinson

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2015-04-18

Daniel Humair "Sweet & Sour" Quartet: Daniel Humair, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien, and Bruno Chevillon

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2015-04-18

Bounce: Jonathan Maag, Julian Hesse, Andrey A. Tatarinets, and Domi Chansorn

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2015-04-13

Andreas Schaerer & Lucas Niggli: Andreas Schaerer and Lucas Niggli

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2015-04-13

Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2015-01-28

Mary's Private Eyes: Adrian Held, Patrick Macheret, Nathalie Winiger, and Sarah Artacho

Cave du Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, Switzerland
2014 12
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2014-11-01

21st Century Symphony Orchestra and Ludwig Wicki

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
(3.25)
"Concert John Williams".
2014-07-19

Yaron Herman & David Greilsammer: Yaron Herman, David Greilsammer, Massimo Pinca, and Geneva Camerata

Eglise Sainte-Claire, Vevey, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2014-07-18

Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter: Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2014-07-16

John Scofield, Andy Hess, Avi Bortnick, and Terence Higgins

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2014-07-15

Prism: Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn, and Eric Harland

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.5)
2014-07-09

Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, and Matthew Garrison

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2014-07-08

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters: Robert Plant, Dave Smith, Billy Fuller, Justin Adams, Skin Tyson, John Baggot, and Juldeh Camara

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2014-07-08

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Lopez

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2014-04-04

Avishai Cohen, Nitai Hershkovits, and Daniel Dor

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2014-04-04

Rusconi: Stefan Rusconi, Claudio Strüby, and Fabian Gisler

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2014-04-04

Julian Sartorius

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2014-02-01

Ahmad Jamal, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley, and Monolo Badrena

Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
(4.0)
2013 13
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2013-11-09

Brad Mehldau

Théâtre de Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
(4.0)
2013-10-31

Überjam Band: John Scofield, Avi Bortnick, Andy Hess, and Louis Cato

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.25)
2013-10-31

Samuel Blaser, Marc Ducret, and Peter Bruun

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.25)
2013-07-26

-M-: Mathieu Chedid, Brad Thomas Ackley, and Lawrence Clais

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(3.75)
2013-07-26

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Ed Kuepper (?), Martyn P. Casey (?), Conway Savage (?), Barry Adamson (?), and Jim Sclavunos (?)

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(2.5)
2013-07-21

Marcus Miller, Adam Agati, Brett Williams, Alex Han, Sean Jones, and Louis Cato

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2013-07-18

Bob James & David Sanborn: Bob James, David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, and James Genus

Montreux Jazz Club, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2013-07-16

Sting, Dominic Miller, David Sancious, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jo Lawry, Peter Tickell, and William Toss

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2013-07-15

Prince, Hannah Ford, Ida Nielsen, Donna Grantis, Joshua Welton, BK Jackson, Marcus Anderson, Adrian Crutchfield, Lynn Grissett, Steve Reid, Phil Lassiter, Sylvester Onyejiaka, Keith Anderson, Nick Marchione, Roy Agee, Joey Rayfield, Larry Graham, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole, Brian "Rio" Brazil, Wilton "Fab" Rabb, Jimi "Joy" McKinney, Dave "City" Council, Tina Graham, Damaris Lewis, Chelsea Rodgers, and Cassandra O'Neal

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.5)
2013-07-13

Prince, Hannah Ford, Andrew Gouché, Ida Nielsen, Donna Grantis, Cassandra O'Neal, Shelby J., Elisa Dease, Liv Warfield, BK Jackson, Marcus Anderson, Adrian Crutchfield, Lynn Grissett, Steve Reid, Phil Lassiter, Sylvester Onyejiaka, Keith Anderson, Nick Marchione, Roy Agee, Joey Rayfield, Damaris Lewis, Larry Graham, Ashling "Biscuit" Cole, Brian "Rio" Brazil, Wilton "Fab" Rabb, Jimi "Joy" McKinney, Dave "City" Council, and Tina Graham

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2013-03-15

Living Colour: Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Doug Wimbish, and Will Calhoun

Konzertfabrik Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
(3.5)
2013-03-15

Unknown local band: ?, ?, ?, and ?

Konzertfabrik Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
(2.5)
Unknown local band opening for Living Colour
2013-02-08

Pepe Lienhard, Pepe Lienhard Big Band, Sophie Hunger, Marc Sway, Andreas Vollenweider, Walter Keiser, Daniel Pezzotti, Michael von der Heide, Pascal Auberson, Barbara Hendricks, Mathias Algotsson, Ulf Englund, François Lindemann, Olivier Clerc, Stefano Saccon, Baenz Oster, Amy MacDonald, Bastian Baker, Stephan Eicher, Dieter Meier, Nicolas Rüttimann, Ralph Sonderegger, Alessandro Giannelli, Tobias Preisig, Paolo Nutini, Philipp Fankhauser, and Hendrix Ackle

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Funky Claude
(3.25)
2012 21
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2012-12-06

Geneva Brass Quintet: Gaille Samuel, Walter Lionel, David Rey, Christophe Sturzenegger, and Eric Rey

Forum Rolex, Learning Center, EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland
Sciences en Musique
(3.5)
2012-11-12

Sonny Rollins, Clifton Anderson, Bob Cranshaw, Saul Rubin, Sammy Figueroa, and Kobie Watkins

Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.75)
2012-11-02

Marcus Miller, Adam Agati, Kris Bowers, Alex Han, Lee Hogans, and Louis Cato

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.25)
2012-11-02

Pierre-Luc Vallet - Claude Schneider Hammond Quartet: Pierre-Luc Vallet, Claude Schneider, Yvan Ischer, and Peter Schmidlin

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.25)
2012-09-13

Yaron Herman, Emile Parisien, Stéphane Kerecki, and Ziv Ravitz

Forum Rolex, Learning Center, EPFL, Ecublens, Switzerland
TEDxHelvetia
(4.25)
9:30 PM concert.
2012-07-14

Janelle Monáe, Kellindo Parker, Terrence Brown, Mikey Phillips, Alex Page, Grace Shim, Glen McDaniel, Andrew Colella, Joey Gonzales, Brandon Gilliard, Lance Powlis, Marcus Lewis, Ashley Nicole, Rae Renée, George Twopointoh, and Jeff Cohran

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2012-07-11

Herbie Hancock, James Genus, Trevor Lawrence, and Lionel Loueke

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2012-07-10

Anastacia, Orefo Orakwue, Steve Barney, Dave Ital, Stuart Trotman, Elisabeth Troy, and Maria Quintile

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.0)
2012-07-10

Butterscotch

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2012-07-09

Hugh Laurie, Kevin Breit, Vincent Henry, Patrick Warren, Jay Bellerose, David Piltch, and Sista Jean McClain

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(2.75)
2012-07-08

Yaron Herman

Château de Chillon, Veytaux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
Carte Blanche around Debussy
2012-07-07

Neneh Cherry & The Thing: Neneh Cherry, Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Hâker Flaten, and Paal Nilssen-Love

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2012-07-07

Spectrum Road: Jack Bruce, Cindy Blackman Santana, John Medeski, Vernon Reid, and John McLaughlin

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2012-07-07

James Carter Organ Trio: James Carter, Gerard Gibbs, and Leonard King

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2012-07-06

Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A.: Rodrigo Sanchez, Gabriela Lopez, Alex Wilson, Amik Guerra, Alfredo Hechavarria, Nardy Castelinni, and Bernald Edwin Sanz

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2012-07-02

Pat Metheny Unity Band: Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, Ben Williams, and Antonio Sanchez

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2012-07-01

Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea: Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, and Nikki Yanofsky

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2012-04-17

Vijay Iyer, Stephan Crump, and Marcus Gilmore

Next Step, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2012-04-14

Chemirani's invitent Sylvain Luc: Djamchid Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani, Bijan Chemirani, Maryam Chemirani, and Sylvain Luc

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2012-04-14

Trilok Gurtu & Tigran Hamasyan: Trilok Gurtu and Tigran Hamasyan

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2012-03-09

Kenny Garrett, Vernell Brown, Corcoran Holt, and McClenty Hunter

Théâtre Maurice Novarina, Maison des Arts du Léman, Thonon-les-Bains, France
(4.0)
2011 8
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2011-11-13

Bec'Art: Pauline Chaubert, Marion Baur, Marion Jacot, and Céline Pasche

Temple, Cossonay, Switzerland
(3.75)
2011-11-03

Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, and Eric Harland

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(4.25)
2011-11-03

Colin Vallon Trio: Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, and Samuel Rohrer

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+ Festival Lausanne
(3.5)
2011-03-29

Wayne Shorter Quartet: Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2011-03-29

Samuel Blaser, Ross Lossing, Drew Gress, and Gerald Cleaver

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2011-03-26

Avishai Cohen, Shai Maestro, and Amir Bresler

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2011-03-26

Yaron Herman Trio: Yaron Herman, Matt Brewer, and Tommy Crane

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2011-03-26

Nicole Jo: Nicole Johängten, Stefan Johänngten, Christian Konrad, and Elmar Federkeil

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2010 15
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2010-11-04

Archie Shepp & Joachim Kühn: Archie Shepp, Joachim Kühn, Wayne Dockery, and Ramon Lopez

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+
(4.0)
2010-11-04

Marc Perrenoud Trio: Marc Perrenoud, Marco Müller, and Cyril Regamey

Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzOnze+
(4.0)
2010-09-26

Sting, Dominic Miller, David Cossin, Jo Lawry, Ira Coleman, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(4.0)
2010-07-21

-M-: Mathieu Chedid, Anna Chedid, Cyril Atef, Joseph Chedid, Pierre Cohen, and Elise Blanchard

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(3.75)
2010-07-21

Olivia Ruiz, Robin Canac, Cécile Camarasa, Johane Myran, Stéphane Blanc, Jean-Pierre Motte, Franck Marty, Stéphane Montini, and ?

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(3.25)
2010-07-11

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.25)
2010-07-10

Yaron Herman

Château de Chillon, Veytaux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2010-05-18

Kenny Garrett, Kona Khasu, Johnny Mercier, and Nathan Webb

Jazzclub Q4, Rheinfelden, Switzerland
(4.0)
2010-04-14

Yaron Herman & Michel Portal: Yaron Herman and Michel Portal

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2010-04-10

Charlie Haden & John Taylor: Charlie Haden and John Taylor

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
7:30 PM concert.
2010-04-09

Charlie Haden, Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts, and Rodney Green

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2010-04-09

Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, and Tommy Crane

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2010-04-09

Hildegard lernt fliegen: Andreas Schaerer, Andreas Tschopp, Matthias Wenger, Marco Mueller, and Christoph Steiner

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2010-03-24

-M-: Mathieu Chedid, Anna Chedid, Cyril Atef, Joseph Chedid, Pierre Cohen, Elise Blanchard, and Pierre Boscheron

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.75)
2010-03-24

Ariane Moffat, François Lasserre, and Frédéric Dupont

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.5)
2009 19
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2009-12-21

Marcus Miller, Christian Scott, Alex Han, Federico Gonzalez Pena, and Ronald Bruner

Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
(4.0)
2009-11-11

Olivia Ruiz, Robin Canac, Cécile Camarasa, Johane Myran, Stéphane Blanc, Jean-Pierre Motte, Franck Marty, Stéphane Montini, and ?

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
2009-11-11

Valhère

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.5)
2009-10-16

Keith Jarrett

Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
(4.0)
2009-10-12

Keith Jarrett

Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
(3.75)
2009-10-03

John Scofield, Daniel Humair & Jean-Paul Celea: John Scofield, Jean-Paul Céléa, and Daniel Humair

Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
(3.75)
2009-07-18

U2: Bono, David Howell Evans, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr.

Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
(2.75)
2009-07-11

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland
(3.25)
2009-04-03

Yaron Herman

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2009-04-02

Sandra Nkaké, Didier Combrouze, Vincent Theard, Guillaume Farley, and Lawrence Clais

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2009-04-02

Abdullah Ibrahim

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2009-03-31

Blue Note All Stars Band: Joe Lovano, Stefano di Battista, Flavio Boltro, Jacky Terrasson, Ron Carter, and Payton Crosley

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2009-03-31

Ron Carter, Stephen Scott, Payton Crossley, and Roger Squittero

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2009-03-29

Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, and Gregory Hutchinson

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2009-03-29

Gilles Estoppey Amter: Gilles Estoppey, João Hasselberg, Henning Luther, and Dominykas Vysniauskas

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.5)
2009-03-29

Rusconi: Stephan Rusconi, Fabian Gisler, and Claudio Strüby

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2009-03-29

Brad Mehldau

Temple, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
Midnight concert. Official date was March 28.
2009-03-05

Jean-Pierre Pasquier, Jeff Dessibourg, Patrick Perrier, and Elisabeth Barbey

Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
(3.0)
2009-01-29

Denis Croisonnier, Julien Feltin, Jean-Pierre Schaller, and Marcel Papaux

Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
(3.5)
2008 11
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2008-11-19

Tracy Chapman

Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
(3.5)
2008-11-19

Joseph Arthur

Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
(2.5)
2008-05-31

Blue Man Group

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
"How To Be A Megastar" show, in French.
2008-05-31

Aloan: Lyn m, David Granite, Alain Frey, Alexandre Rodrigues, Christophe Bugnon, and François Deslarzes

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.0)
2008-04-11

Dhafer Youssef, Eivind Aarset, Audun Erlien, and Rune Arnesen

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.25)
2008-04-11

Erik Truffaz & Malcolm Braff Indian Project: Malcolm Braff, Erik Truffaz, Apurba Mukherjee, and Indrani Mukherjee

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2008-04-09

Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, and Eric Harland

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2008-04-09

Depart: Harry Sokal, Heiri Kaenzig, and Jojo Mayer

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2008-04-04

Medeski, Martin & Wood: John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2008-04-04

Yaron Herman, Matt Brewer, and Gerald Cleaver

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2008-04-04

Tre: Bernhard Bamert, Christian Niederers, and Thomas Lüthi

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
(3.75)
2007 10
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2007-11-03

Yaron Herman, Matt Brewer, and Tommy Crane

Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland
(4.25)
Gerald Cleaver was not on drums.
2007-09-16

The Police: Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland

Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
2007-09-16

Fictionplane: Joe Sumner, Seton Daunt, and Pete Wilhoit

Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.25)
2007-09-10

Prince, Morris Hayes, Renato Neto, Greg Boyer, Mike Philips, William Lee Hogan, Cora Duham, Josh Duham, Shelby Johnson, Marva King, Nandy McClean, and Maya McClean

Indigo2, London, UK
(4.25)
Aftershow.
2007-09-09

Prince, Morris Hayes, Renato Neto, Greg Boyer, Mike Philips, William Lee Hogan, Cora Duham, Josh Duham, Shelby Johnson, Marva King, Nandy McClean, and Maya McClean

O2, London, UK
(4.0)
Main show.
2007-07-29

Martha Argerich & UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra: Martha Argerich, UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, and Mikhaïl Pletnev

Salle Médran, Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier Festival & Academy
(4.0)
2007-07-26

Björk, Chris Corsano, Jónas Sen, Mark Bell, Damian Taylor, Brynju Guðmundsdóttir, Sigrúnu Kristbjörgu Jónsdóttir, Hörpu Jóhannsdóttir, Erlu Axelsdóttir, Særúnu Ósk Pálmadóttir, Bergrúnu Snæbjörnsdóttir, Valdísi Þorkelsdóttir, Sylvíu Hlynsdóttir, Sigrúnu Jónsdóttir, and Björk Níelsdóttir

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
(4.0)
2007-07-16

Prince, Morris Hayes, Renato Neto, Greg Boyer, Mike Philips, William Lee Hogan, Cora Duham, Josh Duham, and Shelby Johnson

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2007-07-11

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard

Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2007-05-02

Jean-Michel Pilc, Thomas Bramerie, Mark Mondesir, and Adam Nussbaum

Studio 15, Radio Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzZ
(3.75)
2006 26
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2006-12-22

Indochine: Nicola Sirkis, Olivier Gérard, Boris Jardel, Marc Eliard, and François Soulier

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.75)
2006-12-22

Elista: François Nguyen, Thomas Pierron, Stéphane Bertrand, and Marc Mallia

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(2.5)
2006-12-02

Louise Attaque: Gaëtan Roussel, Arnaud Samuel, Robin Feix, Alexandre Margraff, and DJ Zebra

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
2006-12-02

Guillemots: Fyfe Dangerfield, MC Lord Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes, Greig Stewart, Alex J. Ward, and Christopher Cundy

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
(3.5)
2006-07-28

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Théâtres Romains de Fourvière, Lyon, France
Les Nuits De Fourvière
(4.0)
2006-07-16

Keith Jarrett

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
(4.25)
2006-07-12

Marcus Miller, Keith Anderson, Poogie Bell, Grégoire Maret, Bobby Sparks, and Michael "Patches" Stewart

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2006-07-12

Sangam: Charles Lloyd, Eric Harland, and Zakir Hussain

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2006-07-11

Sting, Dominic Miller, Lyle Workman, and Abe Laboriel, Jr.

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2006-07-11

Starsailor: James Walsh, Richard Warren, and James Stelfox

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(3.0)
2006-07-06

Trio Beyond: Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Larry Goldings

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2006-07-06

Abdullah Ibrahim

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
(4.0)
2006-05-24

Malcom Braff, Patrice Moret, and Pascal ?

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Pascal ? was replacing Marcel Papaux.
2006-05-17

Malcom Braff, Patrice Moret, and Dominic Egli

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Two sets.
2006-05-10

Mats-Up: Matthias Spillmann, Andreas Tschoppi, Domenic Landolf, Thomas Lüthi, Léo Tardin, Patrice Moret, and Dominic Egli

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Two sets. No jam session. Andreas Tschoppi was replacing Bernhard Bamert.
2006-04-26

Samuel Huguenin, Julien Neuman, ? Frey, and Julien Galant

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Julien Galant only played during the second set.
2006-04-19

Samuel Huguenin, Gabriel Zufferey, Julien Neuman, and Gilles Dupuis

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Followed by a jam with two pianists, one drummer/percussionist, and Gabriel Zufferey playing the flugelhorn (?).
2006-04-12

Julien Galant and Julien Neumann

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Followed by a jam with two saxophonists, one guitarist, and one singer.
2006-04-08

Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Ikue Mori, Vincent Courtois, and Gerald Cleaver

Salle Charles Apothéloz, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
(3.75)
2006-03-30

Art Ensemble of Chicago: Famoudou Don Moye, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Jaribu Shahid, and Corey Wilkes

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2006-03-30

Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Craig Taborn, and Nate Smith

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2006-03-28

John Scofield, Dean Bowman, Gary Versace, John Benitze, and Steve Hass

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2006-03-28

Gruppe 6: Manuel Mengis, Achim Escher, Roland von Flüe, Flo Stoffner, Marcel Stalder, and Marcel Papaux

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2006-03-22

Malcom Braff, Patrice Moret, and Marcel Papaux

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Followed by a jam with two drummers and one bassist.
2006-03-15

Cyril Bugnon, Patrice Moret, and Dominic Egli

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Followed by a jam with one pianist and one bassist.
2006-03-08

Cyril Bugnon, Collin Valon, Patrice Moret, and Samuel Rohrer

Le Bout du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Followed by a jam with two pianists (one after the other), one electric guitarist, and one drummer.
2005 14
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2005-07-21

U2: Bono, David Howell Evans, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr.

San Siro, Milan, Italy
Opening act?
2005-07-19

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Grand Théâtre de Fourvière, Lyon, France
Les Nuits de Fourvière
2005-07-16

Oscar Peterson, Ulf Wakenius, David Young, and Alvin Queen

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-16

Robert Botos

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-14

Marcus Miller, Bobby Sparks II, Keith Anderson, Michael "Patches" Stewart, Dean Brown, Poogie Bell, Doug Epting, and Grégoire Maret

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-14

Roberta Flack, Jerry Barnes, Sherrod Barnes, Shelton Becton, Ricardo Jordan, Arturo Tappin, and Tony Terry

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-13

Magnus Lindgren, Mathias Algotsson, Fredrik Jonsson, and Jonas Holgersson

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-13

McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Ravi Coltrane, Charnett Moffett, and Eric Kamau Grávátt

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-12

Brad Mehldau Trio: Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jeff Ballard

Place Georges-Python, Fribourg, Switzerland
Jazz Parade
Heard part of the soundcheck (5-10 minutes?).
2005-07-04

Lee Ritenour, Ernest Watts, Patrice Rushen, Brian Bromberg, and Alejandro Neciosup-Acuna

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-07-04

Steps Ahead: Mike Manieri, Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Steve Smith, and Richard Bona

Casino Barrière, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2005-04-07

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Keith Anderson, Michael "Patches" Stewart, Poogie Bell, and Nino G

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2005-04-07

Reto Weber’s Squeeze Band: Reto Weber, Nino G, Samuel Kuehni, and Tomas Sauter

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2005-05-04

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Keith Anderson, Michael "Patches" Stewart, Poogie Bell, and Big Doug Epting

Kaufleuten, Zürich, Switzerland
Not sure about Keith Anderson on saxophone and Big Doug Epting on bass.
2004 19
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2004-11-07

Keith Jarrett

Santa Cecilia Hall, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy
2004-07-01

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Place Des Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
2004-06-26

Florent Pagny

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
Musicians unknown.
2004-06-26

Natasha St-Pier

Arena, Geneva, Switzerland
Musicians unknown.
2004-05-21

-M-: Mathieu Chedid, Vincent Ségal, Cyril Atef, Sébastien Martel, and Shalom

Espace Gruyère, Bulle, Switzerland
Francomanias
Uncertain musicians.
2004-05-21

Jérémie Kisling, ?, ?, ?, and ?

Espace Gruyère, Bulle, Switzerland
Francomanias
Musicians unknown.
2004-05-21

Regard du Nord: Pierre Berset, Matthieu Huwiler, Thibault Müller, and ?

Espace Gruyère, Bulle, Switzerland
Francomanias
2004-05-19

Rova Saxophone Quartet: Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley, and Steve Adams

Studio 15, Radio Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzZ
2004-03-30

Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson, and Nate Smith

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-30

Thierry Lang, Heiri Kaenzig, and Peter Schmidli

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-29

Kenny Garrett, Ronald Burner, Carlos McKinney, and Kristopher Funn

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-29

Bojan Z, Rémi Vignolo, and Ben Perowsky

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-26

Harald Haerter featuring Michael Brecker & Erik Truffaz: Harald Haerter, Michael Brecker, Erik Truffaz, Philipp Schaufelberger, Baenz Oester, and Marcel Papaux

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-26

Charles Lloyd & Geri Allen: Charles Lloyd and Geri Allen

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-26

Colin Vallon, Lorenz Beyeler, and Raphaël Pedroli

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2004-03-19

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund, and Magnus Öström

Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004-03-11

Moncef Genoud, Fréddéric Folmer, Thiery Hochstätter, and Yvan Ischer

Studio 15, Radio Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzZ
2004-02-03

Didier Lockwood, Benoît Sourisse, André Charlier, and Stéphane Guillaume

Studio 15, Radio Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzZ
2004-01-30

Christophe Fellay and Stéphane Chappuis

Théâtre de l'Alambic, Martigny, Switzerland
"Christophe Fellay, accompagné par Stéphane Chappuis, accordéon et bandonéon, présente son nouveau spectacle «Yallef» les 23-24-29-30 janvier à 20h30. Le célèbre musicien, «Esprit frappeur», marie les percussions à l'électronique et inocule son génie dans cette nouvelle création. Réservations 027 722 94 22. Egalement aux Caves de Courten le 31 janvier à 20h."
2003 15
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2003-11-29

Thierry Lang, Heiri Kaenzig, Peter Schmidli, Didier Lockwood, Paolo Fresu, Andy Scherer, Olivier Ker Ourio, and George Robert

Studio 15, Radio Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
JazzZ
2003-11-01

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Roger Byam, Bruce Flowers, Poogie Bell, Michael "Patches" Stewart, and Big Doug Epting

Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
2003-07-17

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
2003-07-17

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
Soundcheck
2003-07-16

Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Scott Colley, and Terri Lyne Carrington

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
2003-07-16

Cécile Verny, Andreas Erchinger, Bernd Heitzler, and Torsten Krill

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
2003-07-15

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Poogie Bell, Bruce Flowers, Roger Byam, and Michael "Patches" Stewart

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
2003-07-15

Joshua Redman Elastic Band: Joshua Redman, Sam Yahel, and Jefferson Ballard

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
2003-07-15

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Poogie Bell, Bruce Flowers, Roger Byam, Michael "Patches" Stewart, and Big Doug Epting

Pinède Gould, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Jazz à Juan
Soundcheck
2003-07-13

Brad Mehldau Trio: Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jorge Rossy

Grand-Places, Fribourg, Switzerland
Jazz Parade
Not sure about Jorge Rossy on drums.
2003-07-08

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund, and Magnus Öström

Place Georges-Python, Fribourg, Switzerland
Jazz Parade
2003-05-03

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
2003-04-05

Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jorge Rossy

Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
Solo set, followed by a trio set.
2003-03-24

Abdullah Ibrahim, Belden Bullock, and Sipho Kunene

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
Uncertain musicians.
2003-03-18

Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade

Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 16
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2002-11-16

Christophe Fellay

Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
2002-10-30

Prince, John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto, Greg Boyer, Candy Dulfer, and Dudley D. (Dustin Meyer)

Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
2002-10-30

Prince, John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto, Greg Boyer, Candy Dulfer, and Dudley D. (Dustin Meyer)

Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
25-minute soundcheck for NPGMC members.
2002-07-21

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-16

BWB: Rick Braun, Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, Ricky Peterson, Royford Griffin, James Genus, and Christian McBride

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-16

Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-16

Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-15

Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove: Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Georges Mraz, and Willie Jones III

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
Directions in Music with Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove
2002-07-15

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Wynton Marsalis, Ryan Kisor, Markus Printup, Seneca Black, Joe Temperley, Watter Blanding, Wes Anderson, Ted Nash, Victor Goines, Ronald Westray, Vincent Gardner, Andre Hayward, Herlin Riley, Whitaker Rodney, and Johnson Richard

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-15

Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone: Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-07-11

Al Jarreau

Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
Musicians unknown.
2002-07-11

Roy Haynes, Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, and Dave Kikoski

Casino, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2002-03-18

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Poogie Bell, Leroy "Scooter" Taylor, Roger Byam, and Michael "Patches" Stewart

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2002-03-17

Marcus Miller, Dean Brown, Poogie Bell, Leroy "Scooter" Taylor, Roger Byam, and Michael "Patches" Stewart

Kaufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland
2002-03-15

Erik Truffaz, Manu Codjia, Michel Benita, Philippe Garcia, Julien Lourau, and Mounir Troudi

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2002-03-15

Eddy Louiss & Richard Galliano: Eddy Louiss and Richard Galliano

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2001 8
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2001-08-27

Unknown band

The Nashville Palace, Nashville, TN, USA
Musicians unknown.
2001-08-26

Unknown band

Rum Boogie Café, Memphis, TN, USA
Musicians unknown.
2001-08-24

The Preservation All-Stars

Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA, USA
Musicians unknown.
2001-07-22

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2001-07-18

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
2001-07-15

Herbie Hancock, Matthew Garrison, Terri Lyne Carrington, Wallace Roney, Darrell Diaz, and DJ Disk

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2001-07-15

Marcus Miller, Michael "Patches" Stewart, Roger Byam, Dean Brown, Gerry Brown, and Leroy "Scooter" Taylor

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
Not sure about Roger Byam on saxophone.
2001-07-15

Donnie Mc Clurkin, Dana Davis, Kevin Bond, Andrea Mellini, Duwane Starling, Sherry McGhee, TC Bereal, Terrence Herd, Armand Davis, and Desabata Robinson

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2000 8
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
2000-11-22

Thierry Lang & Paolo Fresu: Thierry Lang, Paolo Fresu, Heiri Känzig, and Marcel Papaux

Théâtre de Valère, Sion, Switzerland
2000-07-20

Brad Mehldau

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2000-07-20

John Lewis

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2000-07-20

Michael Brecker & Pat Metheny: Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Larry Goldings, and Bill Stewart

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2000-07-17

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
2000-03-28

Erik Truffaz & Malcom Braff: Erik Truffaz and Malcom Braff

Next Step (?), Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
2000-02-11

Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jorge Rossy

Théâtre Municipal, Lausanne, Switzerland
2000-02-11

Thierry Lang, Heiri Känzig, and Marcel Papaux

Théâtre Municipal, Lausanne, Switzerland
1999 7
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
1999-07-12

Herbie Hancock, Eddie Henderson, Cyro Baptista, Eli Degebri, Ira Coleman, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Giorgia

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1999-07-12

Pat Metheny, Larry Grenadier, and Bill Stewart

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1999-07-12

David Sanborn, Ricky Peterson, Dean Brown, Don Alias, Tom Barney, and Sonny Emory

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1999-07-02

Charles Lloyd, John Abercrombie, Billy Hart, and Jeffrey Littleton

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1999-07-02

The Alphorn Academy of Switzerland & Jozsef Molnar: Jozsef Molnar

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1999-03-19

Kenny Garrett, Benjamin Henock, Shedrick Mitchell, and Nat Reeves

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
Benjamin Henock replaced Chris Dave, who wasn't there.
1999-03-19

Stefano di Battista, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Bonaccorso, Benjamin Henock, and Eric Legnini

Chapiteau, Cully, Switzerland
Cully Jazz Festival
1998 7
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
1998-08-23

Prince, Morris Hayes, Kirk Johnson, Marva King, Mike Scott, and Rhonda Smith

Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
1998-08-23

Larry Graham, Morris Hayes, Kirk Johnson, Marva King, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, Mike Scott, Rhonda Smith, and Prince

Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
1998-08-23

Chaka Khan, Kirk Johnson, Penny Ford, Larry Graham, and Prince

Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
I don't know who were the other musicians in Chaka Khan's band.
1998-07-25

Marcus Miller, Poogie Bell, Hiram Bullock, Roger Byam, Dave Delhomme, and Michael "Patches" Stewart

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
Not 100% sure of the musicians.
1998-07-25

Sinclair, Stéphane Bonvent, Sébastien Chouard, Frédéric Gaillardet, and Nicolas Marsol

Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival de Nyon
Not 100% sure of the musicians.
1998-07-08

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters: Herbie Hancock, Michael Clark, Paul Jackson, Bennie Maupin, and Bill Summers

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1998-07-08

The Zawinul Syndicate: Joe Zawinul, Gary Pouson, Victor Bailey, Manolo Badrena, Paco Sery, and Pape Abdou Seck

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1997 2
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
1997-10-11

Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter: Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
1997-10-11

Michel Petrucciani

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
1996 2
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
1996-11-09

Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland, Nat Reeves, and Jeff Watts

Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
Not 100% sure of the musicians.
1996-11-09

Rabih Abou-Khalil

Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musicians unknown.
1994 4
Date Musicians Location / event Rating
1994-07-16

Marcus Miller, Kenny Garrett, Michael "Patches" Stewart, Poogie Bell, Bernard Wright, Morris Pleasure, Dean Brown, and Wah Wah Watson

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1994-07-16

John Scofield & Pat Metheny Quartet: John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Bill Stewart, and Steve Swallow

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1994-07-16

Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Kirby, and Clarence Penn

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival
1994-07-16

Aduri Yama (Amazonas): Charles Belchieur, Tony Medeiros, Eneas, Diolando, Saba, Alex Pontes, De Monteverde, Marlo, Bene Menezes, Daniela Assayag, Waldi Santana, and Nicole Belchieur

Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival