Audemars Piguet and Montreux Sounds Digital Project

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Audemars Piguet and Montreux Sounds Digital Project

1 Mar, 10:10

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One might have thought that when it comes to communications, everything to do with the Montreux Jazz Festival and Claude Nobs was the preserve of Parmigiani Fleurier. Well, almost everything, since there was still one aside door, of scientific relevance, which another renowned brand was able to open, thanks to its Foundation.

By BloggyTaG
First published March 1, 2011 | Updated November 4, 2024

So Audemars Piguet, in partnership with EPFL, is joining the Montreux Sounds Digital Project, a cultural heritage initiative run by Montreux Sounds (which isn’t really Claude Nobs, since the company is also headed by his life partner Thierry Amsallem).

Quincy Jones on these archives: “the most important testimony to the history of music, covering jazz, blues, gospel, rock, Brazilian, African and folk…“.

Quincy Jones moved to France in 1957, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. As artistic director of Barclay Records, he befriended Boris Vian and Henri Salvador. Back in the U.S., he was the first black man to be appointed vice-president of a major record company (Mercury), before going on to become a successful film composer and sought-after arranger (for Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald)

Claude Nobs (1936-2013) in the basement of his chalet Le Picottin in Caux-sur-Montreux: 5,000 hours of video, including 1,000 in HD, 600 meters of linear shelving, 10,000 magnetic supports representing 60 tons. A concentrate of the genre's highlights: Ella Fitzgerald in 1969 or Quincy Jones in 1996. Photo ©J-Gertsch

The project aims to safeguard and digitize all the video and sound treasures that the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival has collected over the years for posterity: 5,000 hours of video, including 1,000 in HD, 600 meters of linear shelving (in the basement of Chalet Le Picottin in Caux-sur-Montreux), 10,000 magnetic recording devices representing 60 tons. A concentrate of the highlights such as Ella Fitzgerald in 1969 or Quincy Jones in 1996…

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