Reuters - Soul singer James Brown recently sued David Pullman, the New York financier who pioneered the celebrity securities known as Bowie Bonds, over their 1999 deal to sell more than $25 million in the bonds, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

Soul legend James Brown charged a suit against banker David Pullman for failing to put through a loan necessary for bonds. Pullman is noted as a creative financier for advising David Bowie release bonds using future royalties as security, according to sources....

AP - James Brown and Etta James will join Woody Allen and 600 other jazz musicians and singers playing at this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival.