Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter | Live At Montreux 1988 – DVD Review
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter are giants in their there respective musical fields. But together, they take things to an entirely different level. The Live At The 1988 Montreux...
Live At Montreux 2003 Yes
In 1977, Yes welcomed keyboardist Rick Wakeman back into the fold and recorded their magnificent eighth studio album Going For The One in Montreux, Switzerland. Oddly enough, they didn’t...
Live At Montreux 1976 Weather Report
When Mile Davis recorded In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1969 and 1970, respectively, he simultaneously created a new strain of jazz called fusion, combining elements of...
Santana | Hymns For Peace (Montreux 2004) – DVD Review
On July 15, 2004, Carlos Santana took to the stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival to perform songs about peace and understanding dubbed Hymns For Peace. Joining the guitarist...
Deep Purple | They All Came Down To Montreux – DVD Review
Ever ponder the origins of “Smoke On The Water”? Probably not, but there’s another DVD from Deep Purple offering all the answers you could ever want. Taken from the...
Jethro Tull | Live At Montreux – DVD Review
It’s a no-brainer: Jethro Tull and Montreux go together like ham and rye. Jethro Tull is a world-class rock band with a foothold in jazz, among a gazillion other...
Mahavishnu Orchestra | Live At Montreux 1974/1984 – DVD Review
The Montreux Jazz Festival wouldn’t be a party without John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra making an appearance every so often. The original line-up, with Jan Hammer on keyboards...
Reinventing Pink Floyd – Book Review
In his exhaustively researched Reinventing Pink Floyd, author Bill Kopp gives us the history (song by song) of Pink Floyd from their early days when they were fronted by...
Babysitting A Band On The Rocks – Book Review
It seems like everyone who ever worked in and around the music business is writing a book. As if it isn't enough to post pictures of rock stars on...
Led Zeppelin: All The Albums, All The Songs – Book Review
Attempting even the most cursory analysis of a classic band’s output takes time and energy most reviewers wouldn’t expel. To delve into every song on each Led Zeppelin studio...
