1972 Montreux Jazz Festival
For its 6th edition – 13 days at the Montreux Palace Pavillion – the Festival hosts Chuck Mangione, Don Burrows, Herbie Mann, Les McCann, Lightnin’ Slim, Muddy Waters and Blood Sweat & Tears as well as Roland Kirk, Ray Bryant, Richie Havens and The Aces. The first three days are devoted to the Blues, Claude Nobs' favorite music: Chuck Berry performs with two prestigious guests, Willie Dixon and T-Bone Walker. John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra play at the Festival for the first time. Jean-Luc Ponty and Joachim Kühn give a duo concert as does Phil Woods with Daniel Humair. Spectators also discover the Stan Getz Quartet, then comprising Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke et Tony Williams.
Festival 1972 concerts
Bo Diddley and Cookie Vee with The Aces, 16 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 16 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Bo Diddley (g, voc), Louis Myers (g), Lafayette Leake (p), Cookie Vee (voc), Dave Myers (b), Freddie Below (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Bo Diddley 2 I Am A Man and Shut Up Woman 3 Bo Diddley Daddy 4 Tribute To Rock N' Roll 5 Mona 6 I Don't Want No Woman 7 Old Fashioned Love 8 Bo Diddley Itis 9 Bo Diddley Itis 10 Who Do You Love 11 You Can Luge The Book By Looking At The Cover 12 Bo Diddley Itis |
Chuck Berry and The Aces with T. Bone Walker and Willie Dixon, 16 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 16 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Chuck Berry (g, voc), T-Bone Walker (g, voc), The Aces (), Willie Dixon () |
Tracks | 1 Little Queenie 2 You Never Can Tell 3 Johnny B. Goode 4 School Days 5 Everyday 6 Maybeline 7 Wee Wee Hous 8 Interlude 9 Roll Over Beethoven 10 Sweet Little Sixteen 11 Memphis Tenesee 12 Nadine 13 Shakin 14 Rock N' Roll Music 15 O Carol ! |
The Aces, 16 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 16 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | David Myers (bass), Louis Myers (guitar), Freddy Below (drums) |
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Muddy Waters, 17 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 17 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Muddy Waters (g, vocal), Freddy Below (dr), David Myewrs (b), Louis Myers (g), Lafayette Leake (p) |
Tracks | 1 Honey Bee 2 Hoochie Coochie Man 3 County Jail 4 Long Distance Call 5 Trouble No More 6 Rock Me Baby 7 Ain't Gonna Ruin My Life No More 8 Rosalie 9 Rollin' And Tumblin' 10 Woke This Morning 11 Got My Mojo Working 12 Roll On 13 with T. Bone Walker 14 Blues 15 Jam Session |
T-Bone Walker Blues Band, 17 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 17 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | T-Bone Walker (g, organ, voc), Paul Pena (g), Hartley Severns (violin, sax), Johnny Summers (b), Vinton Johnson (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Let's Have A Natural Ball 2 Every Day 3 I Woke This Morning 4 When I Grow Up 5 Woman You Must Be Crazy 6 Shake It Baby 7 Reconsider 8 One For The Lonely 9 Hey Baby 10 Stormy Monday 11 Let Your Hair Hang Down 12 Why Am I Treated So Bad |
Bessie Griffin, 18 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 18 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Louis Myers (g), Lafayette Leake (p), Freddie Below (dr), Bessie Griffin (voc), Arlene Mills (voc), Dolores Copes (voc), George Edmunds (voc), Johnny Thompson (voc), David Myers (b) |
Tracks | 1 Our Father 2 Hold On 3 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 4 How I Got Over 5 Peace in The Walley 6 Bye And Bye 7 Story Of Job 8 Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross 9 God Rode In A Windstone 10 The Day Is Past And Gone |
Dr. Ross, 18 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 18 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Dr. Ross (hca, g, d, voc) |
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Jimmy "Fastfingers" Dawkins, 18 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 18 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc), Moses Smith (harmonica), Otis Hicks (guitar) |
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Johnny Thompson Singers, 18 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 18 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Johnny Thompson () |
Tracks | 1 On My Way To Zion 2 My God He Leads Us 3 Existing In A World Of Trouble |
Lightnin' Slim, 18 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 18 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Lightnin' Slim (g, voc), Whispering Smith (hca, voc) |
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Bernard Lubat, Eddie Louiss, Claude Engel, 19 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 19 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Bernard Lubat (dr), Eddie Louiss (org), Claude Engel (g), More Berthoud (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Les Nouvelles Aventures De Pinpin Au Togo 2 Live 3 Betelgeuse 4 Mickey Schroeder Dreams |
Jean-Luc Ponty Experience, 19 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 19 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Jean-Luc Ponty (vln), Joachim Kühn (p), Jean-François Jenny-Clark (b), Oliver Johnson (dr), Naná Vasconcelos (perc) |
Tracks | 1 Suite : Open Strings 2 Golden Green 3 Flipping |
Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine, 19 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 19 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Daniel Humair (dr), Phil Woods (as), Gordon Beck (p), Ron Matthewson (b) |
Tracks | 1 Falling 2 Executive Suite 3 Who's Coming 4 It Doesn't Really matter Who You Are |
Broetzmann / Van Hove / Bennink Group, 20 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 20 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Han Bennink (dr), Peter Broetzmann (saxes), Fred Van Hove (p) |
Tracks | 1 Elements 2 Better Grounds |
Cohelmec Ensemble, 20 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 20 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Joseph Dejean (g), Jean Cohen (saxes), Evan Chandlee (b-cl,fl,b), Jean-Francois Canape (tp, bugle), Francois Mechali (b), Jean-Louis Méchali (dr, vb) |
Tracks | 1 Le Passeur 2 Le Box Constrictor 3 Fouchtra 4 Colchiques Dans Les Pres 5 Teotihuacan 6 Culouline D'ancone 7 Marche De Satan 8 Antiblues Coarazien 9 Nadine O Sors |
Jan Dobrowolski Duo, 20 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 20 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski (p), Zbigniew Bednarek (b) |
Tracks | 1 Edudia 2 Ballada 3 Allegretto 4 Interlude 5 Interlude |
The Samuel Dent Memorial Jazz Band USA, 20 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Danny Moss Quartet with Jeannie Lambe, 21 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 21 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Danny Moss (saxes), Brian Lemon (p), Martin Drewe (dr), Ken Baldock (b), Jeannie Lambe (voc) |
Tracks | 1 In A Mellow Tone 2 The World Is Waiting For The Surprise 3 Can't We Be Friends 4 You Don't Know What Love Is 5 The Owl And The Pussycat 6 Blues In The Closet 7 Struttin' With Some Barbecue |
Krog - Andersen Duo, 21 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 21 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Arild Andersen (b), Karine Krog (voc, mini-moog) |
Tracks | 1 + The Baby 2 Ode To Billie Joe 3 God Bless The Child 4 Different Days, Different Ways 5 Round About Midnight 6 Bansull 7 Lonely Woman |
Leon Francioli Group, 21 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 21 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Pierre Favre (dr, perc), Leon Francioli (b), Eje Thelin (tb), Jouck Minor (s) |
Tracks | 1 Portal Où Es-Tu ? 2 Grandjean Dixit |
Mr. Sextet, 21 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 21 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Rudolf Tomsits (tp), Mihaly Raduly (reeds), Dr. Gyoergy Vukan (p), Balaze Berkes (b), Vilmos Javori (p), Bola Lakatos (el-p) |
Tracks | 1 Gipsy 2 Doxy |
Don Burrows Quartet, 22 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 22 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Don Burrows (multi woodwind), George Colla (g), Ed Gaston (b), Alan Turnbull (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Slightly Blue 2 Wailing Waltz 3 Too Late Now 4 Tha Kaffik Song 5 Once 6 Riverea Mountain 7 Sixth Variation 8 There's No Greater Love 9 Passing The Beach 10 Facade |
Masahiko Sato Trio, 22 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 22 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Masahiko Sato (p), Tamotsu Tanaka (dr), Takashi Midorikawa (b) |
Tracks | 1 Pase 4 |
The Korni Group and The Two Good Ones, 22 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 22 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Milivoje Markovic (cl), Vladimir Furduj (dr), Kornelijo Kovac (el- p, org, vb), Bojan Hreljac (b), Zlatko Pejakovic (dr, congas, voc), Jospi Bocek (ld g), Petar Ugrin (vln, tp) |
Tracks | 1 Dance On The Shara Mountain |
Chuck Mangione Quartet, 23 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 23 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Chuck Mangione (flh, el-p), Stephen Gadd (dr), Anthony Levine (b), Gerard Niewood (fl) |
Tracks | 1 Here It Is, You Hear? 2 Saint Thomas 3 Hill Where The Lord Hides 4 Hi-Heel Sneakers 5 No Name 6 Sixty Miles Young |
Ray Bryant, 23 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 23 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Ray Bryant (p) |
Tracks | 1 Gotta Travel on 2 Blues No. 3 3 Cubano Chant 4 Old Rocking Chair 5 Until It's Time For You To Go 6 Blues No 2 7 Liebestraum Boogie 8 It's Too Late 9 Joy 10 After Hours 11 Broadway 12 Greensleaves 13 Slow Freight 14 Little Susie |
Stan Getz Quartet, 23 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 23 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Stanley Clarke (b), Chick Corea (p), Tony Williams (dr), Stan Getz (ts) |
Tracks | 1 Captain Marvel 2 Day Waves 3 Lush Life 4 Windows 5 I Remember Clifford 6 La Fiesta 7 Times' Life |
Klaus Doldinger's Passport, 24 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 24 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Klaus Doldinger (s,p,mini-moog), John Mealing (org), Wolfgang Schmid (b), Brian Spring (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Lemurias's Dance 2 Autumn 3 She Walks Through 4 Blues 5 Machouse Jam 6 Saxophone Shuffle |
Les McCann Quartet, 24 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 24 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Les McCann (el-p, p), Donald Dean (dr), James Rowser (b), William Clarke (congas, perc) |
Tracks | 1 What's Going On 2 Head Cheese 3 The Price You Got To Pay 4 North Caroline 5 Carry On Brother 6 With Theses Hands 7 Compared To What 8 Get Yourself Together 9 Get Yourself Together |
Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Vibration Society, 24 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 24 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Rahsaan Roland Kirk (reeds), Ron Burton (p), Henry Pearson (b), Joe Texidor (perc), Robert Shy (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Celestial Bliss 2 Pedal Up 3 The Ragman And The Junkman 4 Balm In Gilead 5 Seasons 6 Blue Rol, No.2 7 Misty 8 Old Rugged Cross 9 Volunteered Slavery 10 Black Boot 11 Serenade To A Cuckoo 12 You Never Can Say Goodbye 13 Step Right Up 14 Music From The Seeker / Satin Doll |
Herbie Mann Sextet, 25 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 25 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Herbie Mann (fl), Sonny Sharrock (g), Pat Rebillot (p), David "Fathead" Newmann (ts, fl), Andy Muson (b), Reggie Ferguson (dr) |
Tracks | 1 Memphis Underground 2 Oh How I Want To Love You 3 Percious Memories 4 I've Been Loving You Too Long 5 Hold On, I'm Coming 6 Spirit In The Dark 7 Respect Yourself |
Richie Havens and Odetta, 25 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 25 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Richie (), Odetta () |
Tracks | 1 High Flying Bird 2 Like A Woman 3 Handsome Johnny 4 From The Prison 5 Fire and Rain 6 Things I Used To Do 7 Freedom |
Sonny Murray Spiritual Ensemble, 25 June 1972, Montreux Pavillon
Date | 25 June 1972 |
Venue | Montreux Pavillon |
Line-up | Steve Potts (as), Joseph Dejean (g), Sonny Murray (dr, perc), Bob Reid (b), Bob Guerrin (b) |
Tracks | 1 Eviction 2 Who's Who 3 Hip Hit 4 Bola Seta 5 Turned About 6 No Name 7 Bola Seta |
Whispering Smith © 1972 Georges Braunschweig for GM Press
Lightnin' Slim, Whispering Smith © 1972 Georges Braunschweig for GM Press
Whispering Smith, Lightnin' Slim © 1972 Georges Braunschweig for GM Press
Muddy Waters, Dave Meyers © 1972 Georges Braunschweig for GM Press
Rahsaan Roland Kirk © 1972 Georges Braunschweig for GM Press