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🎙️ Montreux Jazz Festival ☁️

In 2024, the festival will reinvent itself, putting a stage on Leman Lake & returning to its historic roots with its Casino stage.

Grab a drink, and take a break with me to discover a highlight of who will be there this Summer.

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The list of names that will give you that wow effect is so long that I don't even know where to start.

With acts like Diana Krall, Janelle Monáe, and Massive Attack bringing their universe to the Lake Stage, it's hard not to imagine an upcoming Summer of great music.

And when those performances happen with a sunset over the Swiss mountains and a majestic Lake in the background, you know the cooking can't be missed.

A few meters further down the lake, the Montreux Jazz Festival will return to the Casio, where its legend began with names such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone—the list is such a travel through music history that it feels odd to name only them.

History doesn't stop here.

Since its early days, the Montreux Jazz Festival has recorded every performance it can and has become, over the years, the sole guardian of music's memory—sometimes even holding rare recordings of musicians whose performances weren't put on tape due to discrimination.

With a tradition of recording every performance of the musical geniuses and newcomers they're welcoming, the Swiss festival now holds the memory of not only jazz but every genre it ever welcomed on its stage, and diving into its archive catalog is breathtaking.

With its 2024 return to the Casino, the Festival will host a tasteful blend of icons & new authors of music's history.

Imagine Dionne Warwick, Yussef Dayes, Masego, or Thee Sacred Soul performing at the same venue that Deep Purple wrote about in "Smoke On the Water", the one where James Brown & Marvin Gaye performed.

Now, it's time for you to get on board and discover the entire 58th Montreux Jazz Festival program.

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I bet their upcoming free one will bring more magic moments.

That's something for another day.

Let me know in the comments who your favorite 2024 acts are...

...and stay tuned for wordstobemusic | vol.3, dropping this Summer, to discover the poetry the Montreux Jazz Festival will inspire!

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Oh, wow. What an exciting festival this year. And a stage on the Lake. Nice.

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