Montreux Jazz Festival 1967

A limited edition 3LP set of the Charles Lloyd Quartet's Montreux Jazz Festival appearance in 1967.

"Montreux was a quaint and sleepy town in 1967. However, there was a palpable excitement in the air and we could feel it. Everyone seemed to know that they were about to launch something great - the Montreux Jazz Festival - and there was no turning back. I was their first international artist to perform there with my quartet with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Ron McClure. We played two concerts at the Casino one in the afternoon and one at night. That was the start of three great and lasting friendships; Claude Nobs, Montreux Jazz Festival co-founder, Rene Langel, and the engineer of the recording, Pierre Grandjean, from Radio Suisse. And - a fourth person, who was 6 at the time, Yvan Ischer. We did not meet until many years later and have become good friends. It is thanks to Yvan's persistent belief in this music and Pierre Grandjean's safe keeping of the tapes, that we hear them now, more than fifty years later." - Charles Lloyd

Artists:
Charles Lloyd - Saxophone
Keith Jarrett - Piano
Jack DeJohnette - Drums
Ron Mcclure - Double bass