Call it jazz, funk, soul, what you will the essence of music is communication between an artist and their audience. So when Candy Dulfer, the queen of the alto sax, invites the crowd at the 2002 Montreux Jazz Festival to "invade my personal space" and approach the stage, the message is clear it's going to be an intimate evening. A boisterous one at times, too, as the Stravinsky Auditorium is transformed into an after-hours club where the music and dancing just doesn't stop.
Acting
Dulfer's stage presence — she IS the show.
Sound
That alto sax tone, honey. Butter and gasoline.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dulfer was only 19 when Prince discovered her; she played on 'Partyman' and toured with him for years. This Montreux gig channels that same controlled chaos.
Female saxophonists were still rare headliners in 2002. Dulfer's 'invade my space' demand flips the usual male jazz patriarch dynamic — she's commanding, not requesting.
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