Farewell Claude Nobs
Claude Nobs died on January 10 after a two-week coma following a fall while cross-country skiing during the festive season.
The Montreux Jazz Festival announces his death in a moving letter from his 'team of yesterday, today and tomorrow'.
Thank you for taking us where we didn't think we could go", write his collaborators.
Patron of the festival he co-founded in 1967, Claude Nobs is a leading figure in world jazz. His passion for music and new technologies has made his festival an internationally renowned event.
He was 76 years old.
