Groundbreaking jazz manager John Levy dies at 99 (AP)

by Blogburger on January 24, 2012

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Jazz legend John Levy receives a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert in New York. Levy, the first prominent African-American personal manager in the jazz or pop music field, whose clients included Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 at age 99. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File)AP – John Levy, the first prominent African-American personal manager in the jazz or pop music field, whose clients included Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, has died at age 99.



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