Claude Nobs Swiss Businessman Founded The Montreux Jazz Festival Born 1936 - January 10 in History | This Day Story

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January 10, 2013

Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936)

Claude Nobs

Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Montreux Jazz Festival

The Montreux Jazz Festival is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival.

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