Jazz Summers, music manager behind such acts as Snow Patrol, the Verve and London Grammar, has sadly passed away after a two year battle with lung cancer.
Jazz was born in 1944 and served in the army as a radiographer before beginning his music industry career in the seventies.
He started working with Wham! In 1985 before setting up Big Life Management in partnership with Tim Parry in 1986. His clients have included Lisa Stansfield, Soul II Soul, The Verve, Badly Drawn Boy, Snow Patrol, Klaxons and La Roux.
Jazz’s artists have sold over 60m albums and 72m singles around the world including over one hundred top 40 hits in the past forty years.
A statement on the Big Life Management website said: ‘The music industry has lost one of its most vibrant, most notorious and most brilliant characters. A champion of new music, a non-conformist and a visionary, Jazz Summers will be greatly missed.
‘Jazz Summers was a master of artist development. His ability to hear a song and recognize its power and potential brought him huge success across several decades.’
In 2003, Jazz was awarded the prestigious Peter Grant Award and in 2007, the Strat Award at the Music Week Awards.
He is survived by his wife Dianna, his daughters Katie, Rio and Georgia, his granddaughters Claire, Lila and Rose and his brother Don.
Jazz was born in 1944 and served in the army as a radiographer before beginning his music industry career in the seventies.
He started working with Wham! In 1985 before setting up Big Life Management in partnership with Tim Parry in 1986. His clients have included Lisa Stansfield, Soul II Soul, The Verve, Badly Drawn Boy, Snow Patrol, Klaxons and La Roux.
Jazz’s artists have sold over 60m albums and 72m singles around the world including over one hundred top 40 hits in the past forty years.
A statement on the Big Life Management website said: ‘The music industry has lost one of its most vibrant, most notorious and most brilliant characters. A champion of new music, a non-conformist and a visionary, Jazz Summers will be greatly missed.
‘Jazz Summers was a master of artist development. His ability to hear a song and recognize its power and potential brought him huge success across several decades.’
In 2003, Jazz was awarded the prestigious Peter Grant Award and in 2007, the Strat Award at the Music Week Awards.
He is survived by his wife Dianna, his daughters Katie, Rio and Georgia, his granddaughters Claire, Lila and Rose and his brother Don.
