42nd Montreux jazz festival... Why call it a jazz festival still?

[Hardbopjazz]

Come on, with acts like deep purple, Joan Baez, N.E.R.D and others like these, how can it be called a jazz festival? Sure Herbie Hancock will be there. He'll most likely play tunes from his Grammy wining CD, which isn’t jazz. It’s sad man! There are a number of jazz artists who would play there if asked.

The only real jazz arists playing the festival are

Herbie Hancock (maybe)

James Moody

Marcus Miller

Abdullah Ibrahim

The Crusaders (if they will play the music that is on the Mosaic release)

[Shawn]

Simple. They need to sell tickets. Pop & Rock acts sell tickets. Jazz acts...well, we all know the unfortunate reality of that.

[Van Basten II]

It's been a while that Montreux has little to do with jazz, they probably keep the name as a brand name.

[GregK]

Sure Herbie Hancock will be there. He'll most likely play tunes from his Grammy wining CD, which isn’t jazz.

Have you heard the CD? It's definitely jazz