In his second year as an ambassador for the Swiss fine watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet, Mark Ronson has accepted the mission of creating an exclusive show to celebrate the closing night of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15.
The Anglo-American DJ, composer and music producer has set out to bring together on stage the musicians who have marked his career along with some of the disciples he himself has mentored such as Lucky Daye and Yebba. Entitled Mark Ronson and his Favorite Band Ever and captured on Lauren Luxenberg’s camera in the Syncing Sounds – Live video, the show is a tribute to the artist’s extended musical family.
Winner, among others, of an Oscar, a Golden Globe and seven Grammys, on this occasion, Mark Ronson has asked talented artists who usually work in the shadows to join him on stage. Among them, several musicians stand out who have performed for artists such as Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga or Bruno Mars. The group includes trumpeter Dave Guy, who was featured on the Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse album Valerie; drummer, songwriter and producer Homer Steinweiss, who contributed to Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black album; guitarist, drummer and songwriter Nick Movshon, who was featured on Bruno Mars’ Locked Out of Heaven; saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith; multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Leon Michels and percussionist Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, who have performed with the likes of Elvis Costello, John Legend and Harry Styles.
All these musicians, enormously talented but little known to the general public, unite around Mark Ronson and his disciples Yebba and Lucky Daye. Singer-songwriter Yebba made her debut in 2017 with the song Evergreen. Since then, she has worked with artists such as Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, and Drake. For his part, the artist from Rythm
Mark Ronson, who will perform some of his greatest hits for the public in Montreux, has collaborated for this event with creative director Daphnée Lanternier, whose experience in the fields of fashion and music has provided an innovative and immersive perspective on set design. . A mirror suspended above the stage that becomes a screen during the concert will allow the public to connect with the artists. With an intimate atmosphere and a focus on human talent, the show will take the public into the essence of music.
“To put on something worthy of that stage, you really have to imagine a very special, memorable show, from scratch,” explained the creative director.
