** Albert Mangelsdorff, German Jazz musician ( d. 2005 )

** Jazz bassist / composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City.

** Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

** Concord Jazz Festival

** Concord Jazz, subsidiary of Concord Records

** The Jazz Singer-Nugent Slaughter

** Battlefield Earth ( soundtrack ) ( also called Space Jazz ), companion music soundtrack to the novel, composed by L. Ron Hubbard.

** Section 1: Tango and Jazz Ballet

** 2007: Gladys Knight received Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist during The 38th NAACP Image Awards.

** Edward ( Bud ) T. Graham, Milton Cherin, Ray Moore ( engineers ), Michael Tilson Thomas ( conductor ), George Gershwin, & the Columbia Jazz Band for Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

** Phil Magnotti ( engineer / mixer ), Dave Samuels ( producer ) & the Caribbean Jazz Project for The Gathering

** Michael Brooks & Jerry Korn ( producers ) for Billie Holiday-Giants of Jazz

** John Chilton & Richard M. Sudhalter ( notes writers ) for Bunny Berigan-Giants Of Jazz performed by Bunny Berigan

** J. R. Taylor ( producer ) for Big Band Jazz performed by Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Paul Whiteman & others

** Art Blakey for " New York Scene " performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

** Gunther Schuller & Martin Williams ( notes writers ) for Big Band Jazz performed by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & others

** Rob ' Wacko ' Hunter ( engineer / mixer & producer ), Branford Marsalis ( producer ) & the Branford Marsalis Quartet for Contemporary Jazz

** Her Jazz // Prayer ; Pro No From Now

** Singles: " Sally ," " Talkin ' All that Jazz ", " Float On "

** Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Utah Jazz, to complete their second three – peat of the decade.

** Chicago Bulls earn their second repeat of the decade as they beat the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 ( see Steve Kerr ).

** F-Karl Malone, Utah Jazz

** G-John Stockton, Utah Jazz

** John Stockton, Utah Jazz

** Stan Kenton for Adventures in Jazz

** 2009 Favorite Male Singer ( nominated )

** Episode 22 " The Singer " ( Co-Writer )

** Gavin Degraw, Singer / Songwriter

** Singer Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.

** Hande Yener, Turkish Singer

** Jelena Karleuša, Serbian Pop Singer

** Ronnie Drew, Irish Dubliner Band Singer ( d. 2008 )

** Leon Lai 黎明 ( 1966 -; Meixian, Guangdong ; born in China ; Hakka pronunciation: Le Min ), Singer / actor ; One of the " Four Great Heavenly Kings " of Chinese pop music

** Frances Yip 葉麗儀 / 叶丽仪 ( 1947 -; Huiyang, Guangdong ; born in Hong Kong ; Hakka pronunciation: Rhap Li Ngi ), Singer / entertainer

** Deanie Ip 葉德嫻 / 叶德娴 ( 1947 -; Huiyang, Guangdong ; born in Dapengcheng ; Hakka pronunciation: Rhap Det Han ), Singer / actress

** Shino Lin 林曉培 / 林晓培 ( Pingtung, Taiwan ; Hakka pronunciation: Lim Hiao Pui ), Singer

** Julia Peng 彭佳慧 ( 1972 -; ancestral Meixian, Guangdong ; born in Pingtung, Taiwan ; Hakka pronunciation: Pang Ga Fui ), Singer

** Maggie Teng 鄧妙華 / 邓妙华 ( born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Ten Miao Fa ), Singer ; First Singaporean to break into Taiwan pop music industry in the 1980s

** Ho Yeow Sun 何耀珊 ( born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Ho Rheu San ), Singer ; First and only Asian singer to top the US Billboard Dance Chart and the UK MusicWeek Chart ; Performed the Olympic Hymn, which was sung in Mandarin for the first time, accompanied by a choir of Overseas Chinese from 16 different nationalities for 2008 Beijing Olympics

** Z-Chen 張智成 / 张智成 ( 1973 -; born in Malaysia ; Hakka pronunciation: Zhong Zhi Shin ), Singer ; Known as " The Little Prince of R & B "

** Gary Chaw 曹格 ( 1979 -; born in Malaysia ; Hakka pronunciation: Co Get ), Singer ; Winner, Best Male Mandarin Singer, Golden Melody Awards, 2008

** Singer Johnnie Wilder, Jr. of Heatwave is paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

** Chris Albertson ( notes writer ) for The World's Greatest Blues Singer performed by Bessie Smith

** The Wedding Singer – Book by Tim Herlihy and Chad Beguelin, music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin

** Yılın Erkek Pop Sanatçısı ( Male Pop Singer of the Year )

** Live recording engineer: Joel Singer with Effanel Music

* John Lennon ** ( 1940 – 1980 ) Singer, Songwriter (** He was cremated here and his ashes were given to Yoko Ono Lennon.

** Buddy Guy for Blues Singer