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John Levy (April 11, 1912 – January 20, 2012) was an American jazz double-bassist and businessman. Life. Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1944, he left his family home in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to New York City where he played bass for such jazz musicians as Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, Milt Jackson, and Billie Holiday.
Jan 25, 2012 · John Levy, a bassist and pioneering talent manager whose roster included some of the biggest names in jazz, notably Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Cannonball Adderley and Wes Montgomery, died on...
Jan 24, 2012 · This weekend, we learned that the jazz businessman John Levy died on Friday. His wife, Devra Hall Levy, announced the news on Saturday in a press release available on John Levy's website,...
John Levy (philosopher) (died 1976), British mystic, artist, and musician.
Jan 20, 2012 · Renowned as a leading representative of jazz musicians, and as the first African American to work in the music industry as a personal manager, John Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1912. His mother was a midwife and nurse, and his father was an engine stoker on the railroad.
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Jon Levy is a NY Times bestselling behavioral scientist, and speaker, specializing in Connection, Trust, and Belonging. He is also the founder of The Influencers, a secret dining experience and private community comprised of Nobel laureates, Olympians, celebrities, executives, royalty, and more.
Jan 24, 2012 · John Levy, an accomplished bassist who became the first African American personal manager in the jazz field, has died. He was 99.
Jan 14, 2005 · John Levy, a jazz bassist and original member of the Stuff Smith Trio and George Shearing Quintet whose deal-making skills, insider's knowledge and warm personality enabled him to become jazz and pop's first successful black personal manager, died on January 20.
Jan 23, 2012 · 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.
