PLAYS MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL (CD/DVD)

Released 2013
produced by Mathieu Jaton for Montreux Jazz Festival

WYHIWWP – What You Hear Is What We Played! Yes indeed, and that’s exactly the best way to describe the Philipp Fankhauser Plays Montreux Jazz Festival album. After four successful studio albums in the last nine years, Philipp Fankhauser finally releases a live-in-concert recording of his performance for the opening evening of the 46th Montreux Jazz Festival in late June, 2012. This album –  in the meantime Philipp’s 13th! – is already his favorite: This is how Fankhauser sounds “à la minute” – a first in his extensive catalogue. Having been able to make the album in Montreux makes him even happier – fulfilling a nearly 30 year old dream of Philipp. It was Claude Nobs’ express wish to produce and release the CD and DVD together with Philipp. In Autumn 2012 they sealed the deal with a handshake and brought it to life. Following Claude’s wish and philosophy, the sound has not been altered: it has been mixed for your listening pleasure and edited in length to fit the formats.

“Nous devons absolument sortir ce concert ! Ce n’est pas un Suisse qui joue du blues, c’est un bluesman, et un bon !” Dans l’ambiance d’après-concert, ces paroles de Claude Nobs pouvaient sonner comme des compliments enthousiastes. Mais une fois le Festival passé, l’automne dernier, Claude a proposé à Philipp de co-produire un CD, doublé d’un bonus DVD. Les deux hommes se sont serrés la main en guise de contrat, et le projet était lancé. 

Non seulement aujourd’hui le CD / DVD est prêt, mais il est de plus fidèle à l’esprit originel : être au plus proche du public, retrouver l’énergie de ce soir-là, accepter la photographie sonore instantanée d’un moment. Pour aller au bout de la démarche, un LP en édition limitée sort en parallèle, clin-d’oeil amusé à un retour permanent aux sources, en blues encore plus qu’ailleurs. Mathieu Jaton, CEO Montreux Jazz Festival 

Funk House Blues Productions, Thomas Bähler, Executive Producer
Released March 15th 2013, Sony Music / Funk House Blues Productions Recorded in HD 29. June 2012 at Miles Davis Hall, Montreux Jazz Festival™ (Switzerland)
The Montreux Jazz Festival™ founded by Claude Nobs

Live Sound  Recorded by Jean Ristori in Le Voyageur II

Sound mixed & mastered by Marco Jencarelli, Soundfarm

Philipp Fankhauser, vocals and guitar
Marco Jencarelli, guitar, bandleader
Hendrix Ackle, Hammond B3, piano  
Angus Thomas, bass
Tosho Yakkatokuo, drums
Till Grünewald, alto & baritone saxophones
Lukas Thoeni, trumpet
Thomi Geiger: tenor saxophone
Claude Nobs: harmonica on “Baby What You Want Me to Do” (DVD only)

Crew Philipp Fankhauser: Ruedi Schweizer, front of house sound Nörbs Locher, stage manager, roadie

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL TV PRODUCTION

CEO Mathieu Jaton

Artists Coordination Michaela Maiterth

Artists Relations Irene Mokveld

Technical Production
Marco Güntensperger
Stéphanie Jacot-Descombes  

Production Manager 
Thomas Cabado  

Head of TV Production Alexandre Edelmann  

Rights & Clearances Manager Elise David

Rights & Clearances Assistants
Pablo Sciandra & Emilie Dubey  

Television Director
Romain Guélat Camera
Operators Martin Guélat
Olivier Kunz
Nicolas Meyer
Patrick Mounoud
Véronique Wicht

Scripts 
Benoît Salvi

Script Assistant
Stephany Thurnheer 

Technical Project Management T
imo Koch
Francis Vanroelen

Technical & Unit Manager
Francis Vanroelen

Outside Broadcast Project Management
Timo Koch
Francis Vanroelen

Outside Broadcast Crew
Johnny Ressen
Yvo Van Soest
Kenny De Thaey
Bart Rommelaere
Lieven Gorissen
Renaat Bonneux
David Buyle
Wim Verelst  

Video Recording
Mieke de Preter Bart Thiron

Technical Assistant
Wim Verelst

Video Coordination
Fanny Devouassoux-Visser

Technical Supervisor
René Weis

Technician
Daniel Heldman

Sound Coordination
David Weber

Lighting Provider 
Skynight SA

Lighting Designer & Director
Eneas Mackintosh
Laurent Jaussi

Lighting Operators
Laurent Jaussi
David Glassey

Facilities provided by
Outside Broadcast
Le Voyageur
Sony

P.A. Sound and Monitoring
Meyer Sound

Microphones & Wireless
System Shure

Montreux Sounds™
Thierry Amsallem, CEO

DVD PRODUCTION

Project Coordination
Alexandre Edelmann
Isabel Sánchez

Graphic Design
Aurélie Mathier

Photographers
Daniel Balmat
Heidi Widmer (Claude & Philipp on stage)

Video Post-production by mediaprofil
Jean-Pierre Christen
Jonathan Kohler
Bertrand Saillen
Grégory Stergiou