Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in France

By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writer
PARIS – Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau was in intensive care in a French hospital Friday after suffering breathing problems in the Alps, forcing him to cancel four concerts. Jarreau's manager, Joe Gordon, said the 70-year-old singer "is awake and he's concerned" about missing concerts. When he said he wanted to eat, the doctors did a little dance, Gordon said.

"He's only canceled one concert (due) to his health in his entire career," Gordon, who was at Jarreau's side, told The Associated Press in New York. But he also said, "It was life threatening" and "he's doing well, considering." Gordon said the Thursday concert at a jazz festival in the French mountain town of Barcelonnette, in the southern Alps was canceled in the middle of his warmup routine.

"We canceled the concert as a precaution because he wasn't feeling good," the manager said.
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