Jez Nelson
Jez borrowed Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters LP from a local library when he was 14 and never looked back. He has been working in radio since the early 1980s, first on pirate stations Horizon and Solar, and then on the jazz station K-Jazz, which he founded with Chris Philips and Gilles Peterson in 1985. After a spell as a radio journalist, he was a launch presenter at London’s Jazz FM. He subsequently became a presenter on BBC Radio 5, Radio 4 and, for 20 years, the host of BBC Radio 3’s flagship Jazz On 3 programme. He also presented on TV, travelling the world as a host of Tomorrow’s World.
In 1991 he founded the production company Somethin’ Else, which he ran until recently. Somethin’ Else became part of Sony Music Entertainment in 2021. Jez has produced and executive produced thousands of radio and TV programmes, including documentaries on Sun Ra, Gil Scott-Heron, Robert Wyatt and the UK jazz scene. In 2020, Jez was awarded an MBE for services to radio. Jez has also been an active promoter of live jazz, most notably co-founding Jazz In The Round with The Cockpit Theatre in London. To this day, he presents his Somethin’ Else show on Jazz FM and has now co-founded One Jazz with his lifelong friend Chris Philips. He still loves Herbie Hancock.
Stage
Le Cinéma
17:00
LIVE IN MONTREUX MEDLEY*
RELAX
18:30 – Doc
1959 – THE YEAR THAT CHANGED JAZZ – P. BERNAYS (2009)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
20:30 – Doc – Qwest TV presents
ICONS AMONG US: A QUIET REVOLUTION
by L.LARSON, P. J. VOGT & M. RIVOIRA (2009)
Autres
22:30 – Film – Miles Special
ASCENSEUR POUR L’ÉCHAFAUD (1958)
by L. MALLE (Cinémathèque Suisse)
Autres
00:30 – Montreux on Screen – Miles Special*
MILES DAVIS (1973)
Stage
La Bibliothèque
18:00 – LP
ANDRÉA DALTRO – Kiuá (1988)
presented by OSCAR PALMADÈS (Inmelo Music, Disk Union)
20:00 – Talk
THE LEGACY OF QUINCY JONES
presented by PASCAL KNOERR (RTS)
22:00 – Talk
THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND
presented by JASPER MCWHINNEY
23:00 – LP: Miles Special
MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue (1959)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
00:00 – Around Midnight Vinyl Listening Session
with DADDY FRED
Special Don Cherry with MICHAELA MAITERTH
Stage
Le Cinéma
18:30 – Montreux on Screen*
SUN RA IN MONTREUX – 50th ANNIVESARY (1976)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
20:30 – Doc – Qwest TV presents
ICONS AMONG US: NOTES IN REAL TIME
by J. KELMAN (2009)
22:30 – Montreux on Screen*
BEN E KING
with AVERAGE WHITE BAND (1977)
00:30 – Montreux on Screen – Miles Special*
MILES DAVIS (1986)
Stage
La Bibliothèque
20:00 – Talk
MINNIE RIPERTON
presented by QUINNETTE
22:00 – Book
GUITARES HEROÏNES; NOVATRICES ET INFLUENTES
presented by ANNIE COSTE
23:00 – LP: Miles Special
MILES DAVIS – Jack Johnson (1971)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
00:00 – Listening Sessions
with DADDY FRED
From New Orleans to Liverpool with MICHAELA MAITERTH
Stage
Le Cinéma
17:00 – Talk
MONTREUX VILLE CRÉATIVE: MONTREUX JAZZ POSTERS
presented by DEBRA RICHARDS
18:30 – Film
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED – D. LETTS (2003)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
20:30 – Doc – Qwest TV presents
ICONS AMONG US: IN THE SPIRIT OF FAMILY
by M. RIVOIRA, P. VOGT (2009)
Autres
22:30 – Montreux on Screen*
CHARLES LLOYD 4tet feat. MICHEL PETRUCCIANI (1982)
00:30 – Montreux on Screen – Miles Special*
MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES (1991)
Stage
Le Cinéma
17:00
LIVE IN MONTREUX MEDLEY*
18:30 – Doc
CHARLES LLOYD DREAMER IN SOUNDS
by V. J. MIYAZAKI (2016) (RTS)
20:30 – Doc – Qwest TV presents
ICONS AMONG US: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
by L.LARSON, P. J. VOGT & M. RIVOIRA (2009)
Autres
22:30 – Doc
PIECES OF A MAN – S. BECKFORD (2021)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
00:30 – Montreux on Screen – Miles Special*
TRIBUTE TO MILES (1992)
Stage
The Memphis
17:30 – Workshop & Screening by MJAF
MONTREUX VILLE CRÉATIVE: MILES DAVIS – LIVE AT MONTREUX 1989
presented by MARCUS MILLER
Autres
19:00 – Workshop
GIL SCOTT-HERON & BRIAN JACKSON, GODFATHERS OF RAP
BRIAN JACKSON in conversation with JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
Stage
La Bibliothèque
18:00 – Talk
ASTRAL JAZZ: ALICE COLTRANE IN FOCUS
presented by JANE CORNWELL
20:00 – Talk
MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER
presented by BEATRICE VENTURINI
22:00 – Talk
THE LEGACY OF DOROTHY ASHBY: AFRO-HARPING THEN AND NOW
presented by MAKEDA KRISH
23:00 – LP: Miles Special
MILES DAVIS – Tutu (1985)
presented by JEZ NELSON (One Jazz / Jazz FM)
Autres
00:00 – Listening Sessions
with DADDY FRED
Special guest BAPTISTE GOUIN (Baptdisques)