Claude Nobs
Claude Nobs

Claude Nobs

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Biography

Swiss businessman

  • Primary profession
  • Producer·miscellaneous·director
  • Country
  • Switzerland
  • Nationality
  • Swiss
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 04 February 1936
  • Place of birth
  • Montreux
  • Death date
  • 2013-01-10
  • Death age
  • 77
  • Place of death
  • Lausanne
  • Cause of death
  • Accident
  • Knows language
  • French language

Movies

Experience Montreux (2013)

Experience Montreux

2013

Nina Simone Love Sorceress... Forever (2013)

Nina Simone Love Sorceress... Forever

2013

Alanis Morissette: Live at Montreux 2012 (2013)

Alanis Morissette: Live at Montreux 2012

2013

Jonny Lang Live at Montreux 1999 (1999)

Jonny Lang Live at Montreux 1999

1999

Awards

Trivia

On the live Jethro Tull album "Bursting Out" (recorded May 28, 1978 in Berne), one can hear Nobs announcing "...herzlich willkommen in der Festhalle Bern !" (Welcome to the Festhall of Berne).

Founder of the famous Montreux Jazz Festival.

In the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water" hes referred to as "Funky Claude" for his heroic actions of saving some spectators from a casino fire at Montreux, Switzerland (December 4, 1971).

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