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Music fans around the world have surely all heard of the Montreux Jazz Festival, where Pink Floyd, Ella Fitzerald, Aretha Franklin, Deep Purple and Frank Zappa, to name but a few, have had their guitars and drums resonating on the water of the Lake Léman for many years. Since 1967, Claude Nobs, founder, has been recruiting the greatest musicians across the globe to put together a sharp event that owes its name in every ear. He has shaken the hands and shared the night’s last whiskies with the world’s greatest rock bands and artists. Although jazz constitutes this festival’s core, along the
years all types of music have graced the different stages with particularly ambitious choices, which make it’s reputation. When Miles Davis came down to Montreux, his iconic presence was rewarded by one of the stages being named after him, and he kept coming back for the ten years that followed. So naturally, the great Prince and Sting didn’t hesitate to put on a show and even jam after that with the lucky fans who managed to stay the latest on the small stages, which gives the festival a particularly intimate setting to keep the fans and their idols at reach. The newer pop artists such as the Black
Words by India Belce-Kennedy | More infomations : www.montreuxjazz.com
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