Behind the scenes at Montreux

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.

This content was published on July 3, 2012 - 11:00

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Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and Spanish and focuses on science, technology and innovation issues.

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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