Quincy Jones' 75th Birthday Celebration – Live At Montreux 2008 [DVD] [Blu-ray]

When an artist of the stature of Quincy Jones celebrates his 75th birthday you can be sure it s going to be quite a party. The show took place on July 14th 2008 at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, an event with which Quincy Jones has a long and rich history, and the cream of musical talent turned up to serenade Quincy on this very special occasion. The main concert lasted over two and a half hours and the musicians then spilled out into the bars and cafes of Montreux with the music still going strong as the sun was coming up the next morning! Bonus Features Thank Q Behind the scenes on Montreux s tribute to Quincy Jones Backing on all tracks provided by the Montreux In The House Band: Greg Phillinganes (keyboards), David Delhomme (keyboards), Paul Jackson Jr (guitar), Nathan East (bass), John Robinson (drums), Paulinho da Costa (percussion) Accompanied by the Swiss Army Big Band conducted by Pepe Lienhard Disc One 1) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin & Stevie Woods 2) Let The Good Times Roll Rahsaan Patterson & James Moody 3) Makin Whoopee Patti Austin 4) Moody s Mood James Moody & Patti Austin 5) The Television Song James Moody & John Robinson 6) Honeysuckle Rose Freda Payne & Joe Sample 7) Shiny Stockings Freda Payne & Joe Sample 8) I m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town / In The Heat Of The Night Mick Hucknall 9) If I Ever Lose This Heaven Ledisi 10) Midnight Sun Al Jarreau & Larry Williams 11) One Mint Julep Petula Clark 12) Goin To Chicago Blues Petula Clark & Paolo Nutini 13) My Ship / Summertime Franco Ambrosetti 14) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Nana Mouskouri & James Morrison 15) Almost Like Being In Love Nana Mouskouri & James Morrison 16) Miss Celie s Blues (Sister) Chaka Khan, Patti Austin & Greg Phillinganes 17) What s Going On Ledisi, James Morrison, Rahsaan Patterson, Tobias Preisig, Patrice Rushen & Toots Thielemans 18) Eyes Of Love (Carol s Theme) / Bluesette Toots Thielemans Disc Two 1) Walking In Space Chaka Khan & Lee Ritenour 2) Strawberry Letter 23 Paolo Nutini & Lee Ritenour 3) How Do You Keep The Music Playing Patti Austin 4) The Dude Al Jarreau 5) Billie Jean Naturally 7 6) Wall Of Sound Naturally 7 7) Mama Aifambeni Angelique Kidjo 8) State Of Independence Angelique Kidjo & Larry Williams 9) Everything Must Change Curtis Stigers 10) Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe) Herbie Hancock 11) Ai No Corrida Patti Austin, Gabi Goldberg, Dorothea Lorene, Stevie Woods, Kent Stetler & Billy Cobham 12) Stuff Like That Monty Alexander, Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Nils Landgren, Ledisi, James Moody, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Naturally 7, Eahsaan Patterson, Freda Payne, Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Curtis Stigers & Larry Williams

On 14th July 2008, the Montreux Jazz Festival honoured music legend Quincy Jones with this spectacular all-star concert. Among those paying tribute to their musical hero were Petula Clark, Herbie Hancock, Mick Hucknall, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Beverley Knight, James Morrison, Nana Mouskouri, Paolo Nutini, and Curtis Stigers. And with this being Jones' 75th birthday, the party atmosphere lasted well into the night!
Tracklisting: 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly', 'Let The Good Times Roll', 'Makin' Whoopee', 'Moody's Mood', 'The Television Song', 'Honeysuckle Rose', 'Shiny Stockings', 'I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town / In The Heat Of The Night', 'If Ever I Lose This Heaven', 'Midnight Sun', 'One Mint Julep', 'Goin' To Chicago Blues', 'My Ship / Summertime', 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes', 'Almost Like Being In Love', 'Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)', 'What's Going On', 'Eyes Of Love (Carol's Theme) / Bluesette', 'Walking In Space', 'Strawberry Letter 23', 'How Do You Keep The Music Playing', 'The Dude', 'Billie Jean', 'Wall Of Sound', 'Mama Aifambeni', 'State Of Independence', 'Everything Must Change', 'Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)', 'Ai No Corrida', 'Stuff Like That'.