Description
Etta James made many appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival across her long and distinguished career, from her first concert in 1975 through to her last one in 2008. This album assembles the best performances from the first 20 years of her alliance with the festival, when she was at her absolute peak. It features many of her best loved tracks and songs, which have shaped her into being the extraordinary artist she is known for. Etta James was one of the most respected performers of her generation. In a career stretching from the fifties to this year, she was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame and the Blues Hall Of Fame, won 3 Grammys and received many more nominations and was named Female Blues Artist Of The Year on no less than 14 occasions. Etta James sadly passed away after a long illness in January 2012 and this album is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest female vocalists of the 20th century.
