Managed acts such as Snow Patrol, the Verve, Scissor Sisters, Klaxons, and Wham!; Co-founder of Big Life, a music management company
Spouse(s)
Married four times; third wife was the pop singer Yazz
Gordon "Jazz" Summers (15 March 1944 – 14 August 2015[1]) was a British music manager. He managed acts such as Snow Patrol, the Verve, Scissor Sisters and Klaxons. Alongside Simon Napier-Bell, he co-managed Wham! and is credited with having enabled them to break into the United States market in 1985 and to go on to become the first western pop group to tour China.[2]
^Perrone, Pierre (19 August 2015). "Jazz Summers: Maverick manager with a formidable reputation who took Wham! to China and made stars of the Verve". The Independent. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
^"Jazz Summers, manager of Wham! and Snow Patrol, dies". BBC. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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