On 24 December 2012, he had an accident while Nordic skiing in Switzerland and fell into a coma. 'The Deep Purple Appreciation Society's Website. At the time, Claude Nobs had been in a relationship with his partner, Thierry Amsallem, since 1987. In 2005, during the referendum campaign on registered partnership in Switzerland for same-sex couples he came out publicly to support the new law. Nobs played harmonica on the opening track of the 1983 Chris Rea album Water Sign. He has also received an honorary doctorate.
The canton of Vaud gave him the "Prix du Rayonnement" for his contributions to music. On 25 September 2004, Nobs received the Tourism Prize of Salz & Pfeffer. In 2004, the festival attracted 200,000 visitors. The festival continued to diversify and was no longer exclusively devoted to jazz. On the live Jethro Tull album Bursting Out (recorded on in Bern), one can hear Nobs announcing in Swiss German, "Gueten Abig mitenand, und herzlich willkommen in der Festhalle Bern!" ("Good evening everybody, and welcome to the Festhall of Bern").ĭuring the 1990s, Nobs shared the directorship of the festival with Quincy Jones, and made Miles Davis an honorary host. In 1973, Nobs became the director of the Swiss branch of Warner, Elektra and Atlantic. Also, on the inner liner of the original album, Nobs' picture was the only one labeled with a name other than those of the band members themselves.
This act earned him a mention (in the line "Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground") in the song " Smoke on the Water", which is about the incident. Nobs, who had served as a volunteer fireman, knew that the casino was not actually a safe place and acted immediately to get them out. Nobs saved several young people who had hidden in the casino, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames. During Zappa's concert, a member of the audience fired a flare gun towards the ceiling, resulting in a severe fire that reduced the Casino to ashes. The group was also scheduled to record at the Montreux Casino, shortly after Frank Zappa performed. In 1971, Deep Purple decided to produce and record their album Machine Head in Montreux. Nobs quickly transformed his festival into an international gathering place for lovers of jazz. This new festival was an immediate success, and gained a reputation far beyond Switzerland. Later, Aretha Franklin made her first visit to Europe thanks to him.Īt the age of 31, while he was director of the Tourism Office of Montreux, he organized the first jazz festival featuring artists such as Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Ron McLure and Jack DeJohnette. He also met Roberta Flack and invited her to the Rose d’Or de Montreux. He later went to New York, where he met Nesuhi Ertegün, the then-president of Atlantic Records. After apprenticing as a cook, Nobs worked in the Tourism Office of Montreux. Nobs introducing the Bill Evans Trio at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 12, 1978
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