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Marvin Gaye - Live In Montreux 1980

Marvin Gaye: Live in Montreux 1980 is a taped performance of singer Marvin Gaye's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, recorded on July 17, 1980. Gaye included this performance as part of a European tour. Gaye performs a majority of his hits from his recent disco-funk hits "Got to Give It Up" and "A Funky Space Reincarnation", to his duet hits with Tammi Terrell including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", in which Gaye re-interpolated the songs as a somber tribute to Terrell, who died over a decade before, to sixties Motown classics such as "I'll Be Doggone", "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It through the Grapevine", to seventies standards such as "What's Going On", "Trouble Man" and "Let's Get It On". The Montreux set was later released as a CD/DVD in 2003.

Top Cast

  • Marvin Gaye

    Marvin Gaye

    Vocals

  • Reginald Mullen

    Reginald Mullen

    Trumpet

  • Rick Gardner

    Rick Gardner

    Trumpet

  • Kush Griffitt

    Kush Griffitt

    Trumpet

  • David Majal Li

    David Majal Li

    Saxophone

  • Gordon Banks

    Gordon Banks

    Lead Guitar

  • Howard Westbrook

    Howard Westbrook

    Rhythm Guitar

  • Frank Blair

    Frank Blair

    Bass Guitar

  • William Bryant

    William Bryant

    Piano

Overview

Marvin Gaye: Live in Montreux 1980 is a taped performance of singer Marvin Gaye's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, recorded on July 17, 1980. Gaye included this performance as part of a European tour. Gaye performs a majority of his hits from his recent disco-funk hits "Got to Give It Up" and "A Funky Space Reincarnation", to his duet hits with Tammi Terrell including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", in which Gaye re-interpolated the songs as a somber tribute to Terrell, who died over a decade before, to sixties Motown classics such as "I'll Be Doggone", "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It through the Grapevine", to seventies standards such as "What's Going On", "Trouble Man" and "Let's Get It On". The Montreux set was later released as a CD/DVD in 2003.

Rating

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  • DrMark
    DrMark
    Jun 29, 2013

    Poor video quality recording but for 1980 it's the best we have to work with. Covers his hits.

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