Montreux Jazz Festival released on DVD and/or Blu-ray by Eagle Rock Entertainment. "Albums recorded at the festival" Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard and René Langel with considerable help from Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün of Atlantic Records. The festival was first held at
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace the Montreux Jazz Festival, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace hosted again some well known musicians, such as Lionel Richie, Santana, Herbie Hancock, Melody Gardot, George Benson. 2016 - John McLaughlin, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Quincy Jones, Neil Young, Deep Purple and many more artists stayed at Fairmont Le Montreux Palace during the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival. 2017 - In July 2017, Quincy Jones, the Pet Shop Boys, Tom Jones, Grace Jones, Bryan Ferry, Brian Wilson, George Benson are just a few of the artists, we had the honor to welcome at Fairmont Le Montreux Palace during the Montreux Jazz Festival. The