In 1973 Dutch radio staion VPRO got offered a bunch of tapes with recordings of the Montreux Jazz Festival for a "symbolic" price.
An offer they couldn't resist, for that year was the first time the Montreux Festival had Louisiana artists on their bill.

Here is a small selection of what played that evening.


Dr. John & The Meters

01 Mardi Gras Mambo


Alan Toussaint - piano & Gary Brown - saxophone

01 Piano Improvisation

Albert King


01 Blues Power
02 Don't Burn The Bridge
03 I Believe

Freddie King


01 Ain't No Sunshine
02 Hideaway
03 Ain't Nobody's Business



Complete line up for the Montreux Jazz Festival 1973 was :


At the Congress Hall :


MILLIE JACKSON, JOE SIMON & FATS DOMINO (ROSE D'OR) (May 1)
FREDDIE KING (June 29)
MEMPHIS SLIM & MICKEY BAKER (June 29)
SONNY TERRY AND BROWNIE MCGHEE (June 29)
DR. JOHN & THE METERS (June 30)
DR. JOHN & THE METERS - ALLEN TOUSSAINT GUEST STAR (June 30)
THE METERS (June 30, 1973)
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR & THE METERS (June 30)
ALBERT KING & HIS BAND (July 1, 1973)
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN (July 1)
CANNED HEAT, CLARENCE BROWN GUEST STAR (July 1)
WILLIE MABON & MICKEY BAKER (July 1)
LITTLE MILTON & HIS BAND (July 1)
THE JUMPING SEVEN (July 3)
MAGOG (July 3)
YVES MEYLAN (July 3)
ROBY SEIDEL BIG BAND (July 3)
BILL COLEMAN & GUY LAFITTE (July 4)
STEPHANE GRAPPELLI QUARTET (July 4)
BARNEY KESSEL (July 4)
DAVE SHEPHERD (ORCHESTRE) & FREDDY RANDALL (July 4)
TEDDY WILSON (July 4)
DONALD BYRD - NATHAN DAVIS TENTET (July 5)
RONNIE FOSTER TRIO (July 5)
BOBBI HUMPHREY (July 5)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON QUINTET (July 5)
AL MOUZON QUARTET (July 5)
MARLENA SHAW (July 5)
GATO BARBIERI "GATO LATINO AMERICA" (July 6)
JOHN KLEMMER QUARTET (July 6r)
SAM RIVERS TRIO (July 6)
MICHAEL WHITE QUARTET (July 6)
GENE AMMONS & HAMPTON HAWES (July 7)
GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP (July 7)
DEXTER GORDON + HAMPTON HAWES TRIO (July 7)
HAMPTON HAWES TRIO (July 7)
MCCOY TYNER QUARTET (July 7)
MILES DAVIS (July 8)
CHICO HAMILTON (July 8)
SADAO WATANABE QUARTET (July 8)
AUSTIN MORO BAND (July 11)
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY SEXTET (July 11)
HENRY FORD COLLEGE JAZZ BAND (July 11)
JERSEY CITY STATE COLLEGE JAZZ BAND (July 12)
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG JAZZ BAND (July 12)
WEST BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND (July 12)
NILSSON ACADEMY OF DANCE (July 13, 1973)
STOMU YAMASH'TA & RED BUDDHA THEATRE (July 14)
JOAN BAEZ (November 25)

All at the Congress Hall

and

at the Montreux Pavillion

CAROLE KING (July 15)


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Another one from the box of old tapes !

ENJOY !

FREDHEADSET