Alicia Keys returned to the Montreux Jazz festival, giving a high-energy 90-minute concert mixing early hits with recent tracks from her chart-topping "As I Am" album.
"One of my all time favourite things is coming to the Montreux Jazz Festival. There is something different in the air here," Said Alicia to the crowd on Thursday night.
"There is so much incredible talent here," she added.
Quincy Jones, the Grammy Award-winning producer and composer celebrating his 75th birthday in Montreux, made a surprise appearance to introduce the "sweet little talented girl" whom he met early on with her mother.
"This baby sister is going to knock you on your booty," Jones told the crowd.
Alicia thanked Jones, whom she called "the Godfather of Montreux".
She then played tracks from "As I Am", including "No One" and "Teenage Love Affair". She dedicated "Superwoman" to "women and sisters who feel the weight of the world".
She also performed hits from her Grammy winning 2001 inaugural release, "Songs in A Minor", including "How Come You Don't Call Me", "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth".
Dressed in a white tunic and black trousers, she laid down on her stomach on the piano, leaning over the keyboard to kick off "Secrets" from the 2003 album "The Diary of Alicia Keys".
