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At Montreux Jazz Festival
Live album by
Released1998, 2005
Recorded Montreux, Switzerland
(July 13, 1990)
Genre Progressive electronic music, World music
Length74:03
Label Locust Music
Ofra Haza chronology
Ofra Haza
(1997)
At Montreux Jazz Festival
(1998)
Manginat Halev Vol. 1 • Melody of the Heart Vol. 1
(2000)

At Montreux Jazz Festival is a 1998 album by Israeli singer Ofra Haza. The recording which captures Haza and a five-piece band live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1990 comprises material from her international studio albums Shaday, Yemenite Songs and Desert Wind, including hit singles like " Im Nin' Alu", "Galbi", "Shaday", "Ya Ba Ye", as well as Yemeni Jewish traditionals and the a cappella performance of "Love Song" with lyrics from The Song of Songs.

The album was first issued in 1998 and re-released internationally on the Locust Music label in 2005. The live concert film released in 2007.

Track listing

  1. " Im Nin' Alu" (Shabazi) - 4:00
  2. "Hilwi" (Traditional) - 3:55
  3. "Eshal" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:31
  4. "Asalk" (Amram, Shabazi) - 5:13
  5. "Taw Shi" (Aloni, Dolby, Haza) - 4:07
  6. "Fatamorgana" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:48
  7. Medley: "Galbi"/"Wen Esalam"/"Ayooma" (Aloni, Amram, Haza, Traditional) - 16:03
  8. "Dassa" (Aloni, Haza) - 3:03
  9. "Shaday" (Aloni, Haza) - 6:21
  10. "La Fa La" (Shabazi) - 8:29
  11. "Love Song" (Aloni, Traditional) - 2:57
  12. "Ya Ba Ye" (Aloni, Haza) - 4:49
  13. "Kaddish" (Aloni, Haza) - 5:37

Personnel