Abstract

UNESCO Heritage for Montreux Jazz Archives

(EPFL, June 27, 2013)

The Montreux Jazz Festival’s archives have been selected by UNESCO to become part of the Memory of the World register. With more than 5,000 hours of live audio and video recordings, the collection is an authentic gold mine, containing treasures like the only video recording of a Marvin Gaye concert as well as Miles Davis’ last public performance. EPFL is in charge of the collections’ digitization and enhancement. To date, more than half of the audio and video documents have been digitized and stored in the school’s servers. Eventually, the archives will be available in Montreux Jazz Cafes in Geneva, London and Zurich, as well as at EPFL’s campus.



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