Photo Credit: Emilien Itim
The Scene
Montreux Jazz Festival is held annually in early July on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Second only to the Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the largest jazz gatherings in the world. Founded in 1967 and rooted in jazz, the festival today features artists from all musical styles.
2011 Artist Lineup
- ADRIEN BARAZZONE
- AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
- ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO
- ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO
- ALOE BLACC
- ALPHA BLONDY & THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- ANA CAROLINA
- ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER & FRIENDS
- ARCADE FIRE
- ARTHUR H
- ASA
- B.B. KING
- BILAL
- BLACK DUB
- BOOTSY COLLINS
- BRIAN BLADE
- CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN
- CARLOS SANTANA
- CARLY CONNOR
- CHARLES BRADLEY
- CHICK COREA
- CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
- CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA
- CODY CHESNUTT
- COOLIO
- DANIEL LANOIS
- DAVID K. MATHEWS
- DEEP PURPLE
- DENNIS CHAMBERS
- DERECK TRUCKS
- DIANA KRALL
- DIGITAL UNDERGROUND
- DMITRI KOGAN
- DONAVON FRANKENREITER
- DR JOHN
- EMILY BEAR
- ERIK TRUFFAZ
- ERIKA STUCKY
- ESPERANZA SPALDING
- ETIENNE MBAPPÉ
- FEMI KUTI
- FRANK GAMBALE
- GEORGE BENSON
- GUANO APES
- GUZAL KARIEVA
- HAROLD LOPEZ NUSSA TRIO
- HERBIE HANCOCK
- HOUSE OF PAIN
- JAMES BLAKE
- JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
- JEAN-LUC PONTY
- JIMMY CLIFF
- JOE SAMPLE
- JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
- KARL PERAZZO
- LAMB
- LARRY GOLDINGS
- LARRY GRAHAM & CENTRAL STATION
- LAURA MARLING
- LENNY WHITE
- LEON RUSSELL
- LEWIS NASH
- LIZA MINNELLI
- MARCIN GROCHOWINA
- MARCUS MILLER
- MARIA GADU
- MARIA RITA
- MARIO BIONDI
- MELISSA AUF DER MAUR
- MILOW
- MOGWAI
- MONTREUX JAZZ ON THE ROAD
- MOS DEF & ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
- NATALIE COLE
- NAUGHTY BY NATURE
- NIKKI YANOFSKY
- PAOLO NUTINI
- PAUL SIMON
- PRINCE PAUL
- QUINCY JONES PRESENTS: A NIGHT OF GLOBAL GUMBO
- RAIN DOGS REVISITED PROJECT
- RANDY CRAWFORD
- RAPHAEL SAADIQ
- RAUL MIDON
- RAUL REKOW
- RETURN TO FOREVER IV
- RICHARD BONA
- RICKY MARTIN
- ROBERT RANDOLPH
- RUMER
- SANTANA
- SEAL
- SEAN JONES
- SEAN RICKMAN
- SHEMEKIA COPELAND
- SLY JOHNSON
- ST VINCENT
- STEF KAMIL CARLENS
- STING
- SUSAN TEDESCHI
- THE PRETTY RECKLESS
- THE SKATALITES
- THE TIGER LILLIES
- TIGRAN HAMASYAN
- TRILOK GURTU
- TRIXIE WHITLEY
- TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
- WAYNE SHORTER
- YOUSSOU NDOUR ET LE SUPER ETOILE DE DAKAR
- ZIGGY MARLEY
- SOPHIE HUNGER
- LEE RITENOUR