Montreaux is endeavoring to reach a real jazz audience by booking real jazz musicians—artists rooted in tradition but continuing to move the music forward.

The Montreux Jazz Festival Miami kicks off Wednesday, starting with a tribute to one of its most iconic performers, Miles Davis.

Now in it's third year, the festival is expanding.

For nearly 60 years, the Montreux Jazz Festival has been synonymous with world-class music on the shores of Lake Geneva, and now, for the first time, its iconic legacy is landing on African soil.

We are coming up on jazz season in South Florida, when the typically fertile programming this time of year (thank you, snowbirds) will include the third Miami edition of the famed Montreux Jazz ...