Tracks Side 1:

1. Deep Purple Overture (1:39)

2. Highway Star (6:54)

3. Hard Lovin' Man (6:09)

4. Maybe I'm A Leo (4:30)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Strange Kind Of Woman (6:20)

2. Rapture Of The Deep (5:45)

3. Woman From Tokyo (6:19)

Tracks Side 3:

1. Contact Lost (4:29)

2. When A Blind Man Cries (3:50)

3. The Well Dressed Guitar (2:50)

4. Knocking At Your Back Door (5:51)

Tracks Side 4:

1. Lazy (8:59)

2. No One Came (5:40)

3. Don Airey Keyboard Solo (5:45)

Tracks Side 5:

1. Perfect Strangers (6:06)

2. Space Truckin' (4:56)

3. Smoke On The Water (8:32)

Tracks Side 6:

1. Hush (8:19)

2. Black Night (9:10)

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Deep Purple have been regular participants at The Montreux Jazz Festival since as far back as their 1972 release, Machine Head, which they recorded in the Swiss host town in 1971. The band recorded a live album in Montreux in 1969 at a casino, and, ironically, that same casino would inspire their signature song, “Smoke on the Water,” two years later.
In 2006 Deep Purple released a double live CD and a DVD compilation of performances from their Montreux Jazz Festival appearances in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Fast forward to 2011 when Deep Purple returned to Montreux for the prestigious event, minus keyboardist Jon Lord, who retired from the band in 2001. Taking over for Lord was none other than Don Airey (Rainbow), who has a rich history in rock ‘n’ roll. The addition of Airey made guitarist Steve Morse (formerly of the Dixie Dregs) a senior member after he took over for  reclusive guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1994.
For their appearance at Montreux in 2011, Deep Purple added a twist to their set by teaming up with the Neue Philharmonie from Frankfurt, Germany. Purple are no strangers to playing with a symphony. They played a series of shows in the late ’60s with a symphony, and in 1999 they played a series of shows at Royal Albert Hall that spawned a live album release in 2000. Deep Purple are pioneers in combining hard-driving rock ‘n’ roll with a symphony. Others have tried to replicate this style but have failed. Recent heavy hitters that have tried include the Scorpions and KISS, whose efforts were disastrous, and Metallica, whose effort was so-so at best.
The set for this performance leaned heavily on the classic back catalog. Purple included all the hits as well as recent cuts from the Morse era. If you closed your eyes, the band didn’t sound like they had lost a thing. Airey and Morse remain respectful to the classic material. Morse had the green light to improvise and added his own southern jazz-fusion vibe to solos, and he jammed without straying too far from the path that Blackmore blazed.
Sadly, the weak link in Purple in 2011 is singer Ian Gillan, who at one time had some of the most coveted vocal talents in rock ‘n’ roll. Time has taken its toll. Gillan struggled right off the blocks. The show opened with “Highway Star” and he couldn’t hit the hit the high notes. Based on his facial expression during “Space Truckin’,” he appeared to be trying, but his vocal cords were having none of it. Gillian fought throughout the set to break through the wall of sound created by his band mates and the orchestra, at times getting lost in the mix. Classics like “Woman from Tokyo,” “Knocking on Your Back Door,” “Hush,” Black Night” and “Perfect Strangers” benefitted greatly from the symphonic treatment.
In the end, Live at Montreux 2011 is for the die-hard fans or completists who need this album and this DVD in their collection. Like Metallica had with their S&M release, Live at Montreux might also have cross-over appeal with classical music aficionados. (Ruben Mosqueda on November 22, 2011/oregonmusicnews.com)


Don Airey - Keyboards
Ian Gillan - Vocals
Roger Glover - Bass Guitar
Steve Morse - Guitar
Ian Paice - Drums
Stephen 'BK' Bentley-Klein - Conductor, Violin Solo
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Neues Philharmonisches Orchester Frankfurt

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