Jazz bookings this year include Charles Lloyd and Vijay Iyer

Quincy Jones, who turned 80 in March, will during this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival combine a special birthday concert with a tribute to Claude Nobs at the first festival to be held since Nobs’ death following a skiing accident.

The concert will feature Patti Austin, James Ingram, Siedah Garrett, Nikki Yanofsky, Emily Bear, Alfredo Rodriguez, Andreas Varady, and Justin Kauflin taking part.

At Montreux this year jazz bookings also include Charles Lloyd, Gregory Porter, the Joe Sample trio, Avishai Cohen Quartet, Vijay Iyer trio, Youn Sun Nah, José James, Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human, with Bob James and David Sanborn reuniting, and George Benson.

Pianists Michael Wollny, Iiro Rantala, shortly to perform with the EST Symphony in Stockholm, and Leszek Możdżer will also appear in Montreux at the ACT label night.

The festival is always a mix of jazz and stellar names from rock, R&B, and pop, and will also feature Leonard Cohen, Lianne la Havas, Green Day, Prince, and Sting as headliners.

For the full line-up just announced go to www.montreuxjazz.com

Quincy Jones, above