"Losing a major jazz festival kind of tells the world that maybe this music isn't marketable," said Joel Chriss, a booking agent whose roster includes Randy Brecker and Freddy Cole.
Without the Association's acknowledgement or approval, Kessler called all former agents in the roster, according to Ike Hendershot, president of the Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service.
Zicasso doesn't have a large number of agents in its roster.
But with nearly two dozen restricted and unrestricted free agents on the roster, there will certainly be tweaks.
The Jets, meanwhile, have added Favre and nose tackle Kris Jenkins and more than $100 million worth of free agents to their roster.
Instead, he's been picked up by Hollywood agent Douglas Edley, whose roster includes top US stand-ups like Dave Chappelle.
"Let's say a young playwright gets his work premiered at Podunk Holler Rep," said the agent Peter Franklin, whose client roster includes Mr. Lucas, Edward Albee and Paula Vogel.
The New York casting agent Natalie Joos, whose client roster includes Helmut Lang, Theory, Hugo Boss, 3.1 Phillip Lim and Benetton, says she "would propose older ladies for the right project" but is deeply skeptical about older models' longevity as clothes horses.
Another Hofstra Long Shot This year's feel-good candidate to follow Wayne Chrebet on the long-shot path from undrafted free agent to the Jets' roster is Vaughn Sanders, a former Hofstra running back whose college career ended in the fifth game of last season when he shattered his left ankle, 6 yards short of setting the school rushing record.
Super agent Leigh Steinberg, whose client roster includes Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, sees the endorsement market weakening.
