19th Montreux Jazz Festival – 1985 – Shigeo Fukuda

Undoubtedly one of the most famous Japanese graphic designers, Shigeo Fukuda signs the poster for this edition.

Using incredibly bright, almost fluorescent, solid colors that form speech bubbles emerging from a giant treble clef. Fukuda conveys a happy, colorful buzz and the multitude of different conversations that are generated by the music.

With several works recognized by the public, one of the most famous is his satirical poster of a bullet re-entering the barrel of a gun with the slogan “Victory 1945”.

In this edition, Brazilian artists such as João Gilberto, Tom Jobim and Gal Costa performed.