Montreux Jazz Academy concerts

The Montreux Jazz Academy is a residency for musicians based on the transmission and exploration of new artistic approaches. For its 6th edition, the Academy will take place under the musical direction of the New York collective Snarky Puppy represented by its frontman Michael League, as well as keyboardist Bill Laurance, and trumpeter and keyboardist Justin Stanton. Jazz fusion guitar maestro JohnMcLaughlin, unmissable French drummer and composer Anne Paceo and Franco-American soul-jazz diva China Moses complete the prestigious group of mentors. Six musicians were invited by the Foundation to benefit from the residency: the 2019 Montreux Jazz Talent Awards winners Afra Kane (solo category) and Andrew Neil Hayes (band category for his duo Run Logan Run), as well as four artists active on the Swiss jazz scene: Andrina Bollinger, Arthur Hnatek, Jules Martinet and Mareille Merck.

CLOSING CONCERTS

Montreux Jazz Academy concerts always have an element of the unexpected. Over the course of an evening, the mentors and the young musicians exchange music in new and transient groups. The common thread: the original compositions of the young musicians, deconstructed and reinvented for the occasion. A series of performances devoid of automation, played candidly, without a safety net.