George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic — Montreux Jazz Festival, 2004

Filmed live concert by George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective at the Montreux Jazz Festival, on the stage of the Miles Davis Hall. The architect of P-Funk, Clinton gathers in Montreux an armada of musicians, singers and dancers for a sprawling full concert in which psychedelic funk becomes a religion of dance. Between hypnotic grooves, roaring horns and electrified choruses, the set unfolds the cosmic, freewheeling universe of the Mothership, that funk mythology invented in the 1970s which fed generations of hip-hop and electronic music through sampling. Documented by the Swiss festival’s cameras, this capture (presented here as a second part) conveys the on-stage stamina of a show that can run for hours, led by Clinton as the conductor of a perfectly mastered chaos. An essential piece for fans of funk, soul and groove, this live concert documents one of the most influential ensembles in the history of Black American music on one of Europe’s most prestigious stages.