The bronze work by Swiss sculptor Andreas Altmann will be installed in the gardens of luxury hotel Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, joining figures of other artists linked to the festivalExternal link such as Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Carlos Santana.
He was immortalised as “Funky Claude” in “Smoke on the Water” by rock band Deep Purple, written about a fire that burned down Montreux casino during a Frank Zappa concert in 1971. During the fire Nobs rushed to save several young concert-goers.
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A look back at Claude Nobs and his famous festival
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Montreux Jazz Festival opens concert ‘time capsule’
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“Daah, daah, daaaaaah… daah, daah, da, daaaaaah...’ The iconic riff of Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke on the Water’ can now be experienced ‘live’ on a Swiss university campus.
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In over three decades of photographing the Montreux Jazz Festival, two Swiss photographers have amassed thousands of images.
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From left, Swiss musician Andreas Wollenweider, Swiss singer Bastian Baker, Montreux Jazz Festival director Mathieu Jaton, Scottish singer and songwriter Paolo Nutini, Swiss musician Dieter Meier and Swiss singer Michael von der Heide on stage at the Stravinski Hall during Funky Claude night. Nobs, who trained as a chef, launched the summer festival in 1967…
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Nobs died on Thursday after sustaining injuries from a fall while cross-country skiing alone in the village of Caux close to his home overlooking Montreux and Lake Geneva on Christmas Eve. He was flown to hospital and fell into a coma from which he never recovered. On its website, the festival said Nobs’ death came by…
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