Swiss jazz film archive · Since 1987
Jazz was never
meant to stand still.
Landmark performances. Restored histories. An independent archive built to keep the great improvisers moving across generations.
34
documented master programmes
A living film legacy
The camera caught the moment.
We keep it alive.
Founded by Jacques Muyal, Norman Granz and Frank Ténot, Laser Swing Productions has carried exceptional jazz performances from broadcast tape to LaserDisc, DVD, television and today’s licensing world. The medium changes. The music does not.
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Montreux, 1975.
Two complete performances from Norman Granz’s landmark Montreux cycle are available through our official YouTube channel.
The archive in names
Artists who shaped the century.
Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Mary Lou Williams, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Randy Weston, Claudio Roditi, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins
A documentary by Jacques Matthey
Jazz:
The Only Way of Life
An intimate portrait of Jacques Muyal and the friendships that shaped a life in jazz—from Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Heath to Randy Weston, Claudio Roditi and Paquito D’Rivera.
- Released
- 2018
- Written & directed by
- Jacques Matthey
The audio arm
Groovin’High
From image to sound.
Groovin’High Records extends the same producer-led approach into independent recordings, rediscovered sessions and contemporary jazz releases.
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Let the archive move again.
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