For years, Jacquelyne Ledent-Vilain has worked as the right-hand woman to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs. In this historic look back, she talks about the challenges of working with stars like Miles Davis and Prince.
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The 68-year-old started helping Nobs coordinate the annual festival and manage Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (WEA’s) European arm from 1973. This year she is again backstage at the Miles Davis Hall looking after artists. (Simon Bradley, Tobias Hirsbrunner, Daniel Wihler, swissinfo.ch)
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