NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the Grateful Dead and John Mayer are giving away 10,000 free tickets to a concert next month. The two musical acts say 5,000 fans will have a chance to win two tickets each to their Nov. 7 show in New York City. The group has partnered with American Express for its music series, “American Express Unstaged,” for the sweepstakes. Fans can enter to win tickets today through Thursday on Dead & Company’s website. No tickets for the show will go on sale.

UNDATED (AP) — Quincy Jones will be given an award and an all-star jazz salute for his music and his humanitarian work. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz says Jones has won the Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award. Among the performers who will pay tribute to Jones are Hancock, Dave Grusin, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, George Benson, Hubert Laws, Arturo Sandoval, Patti Austin, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Al Jarreau. The event is set for Nov. 15 in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robbie Robertson of The Band has created a children’s book based on a story he heard as a boy about the Iroquois. Robertson’s book, “Hiawatha and the Peacemaker,” is the story of a Mohawk named Hiawatha who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker’s message of unity for five warring Iroquois nations in the 14th century. Robertson is of Mohawk and Cayuga descent and heard the story as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. The book comes with a CD containing a Robertson original song. It’s out now.

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The sax player who played the solo on Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are” has died. Phil Woods died Tuesday in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of 83, according to the Bensing-Thomas Funeral Home. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Woods had performed his last concert Sept. 4 while using oxygen, then announced he had emphysema and was retiring. Woods played on many Quincy Jones albums, and Jones says Woods was the best jazz alto sax player there was. Woods also played with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Clark Terry, as well as with Steely Dan and Paul Simon.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — “Sea Cruise” singer Frankie Ford has died. The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana says Ford died Monday of natural causes. He was 76. Ford hit number 14 in 1959 with “Sea Cruise.” He never had another top-40 hit. Ford started singing when he was a child and got his first break in the late 1950s. He was called into a New Orleans studio to cover songs by local black singers who got limited airtime on the radio because of racial discrimination.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A street near the Las Vegas Strip has been renamed for Sammy Davis Junior. It happens to intersect with Frank Sinatra Drive and Dean Martin Drive, and that’s where yesterday’s dedication ceremony was held. Davis’ family was among those present. The street was formerly Industrial Road.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Founding Toto bassist David Hungate jokes it’s time for him to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up, so he’s not going to tour with the band anymore. Hungate says he doesn’t have the stamina and resilience for extended touring, although playing with Toto has been one of the greatest honors of his life. Leland Sklar will take over bass duties beginning with Toto’s European tour in January.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell (fah-REL’) Williams is trying to get books in the hands of young readers in low-income families. Williams and the nonprofit literacy organization FirstBook will donate up to 50,000 books to children. Williams’ publisher, Penguin Young Readers, says it will donate a book for every Twitter post with the hashtag “readHappy” with a thought about why reading makes you happy. Williams’ picture book, “Happy,” comes out next week.

NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Richards finally released his second solo album in 23 years because it was a matter of timing. As Richards puts it, “The thing is I work with this other band.” Richards says his “Crosseyed Heart” album has been ready for 18 months but he had to wait for a break in the Rolling Stones schedule. A documentary about the album called “Keith Richards: Under the Influence” has been released to Netflix. Why Netflix? Richards says he knows little about things like that and leaves it up to his manager. He says, “I’m not a businessman, particularly. I just happen to make lots of money.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Daltrey says he’s on the mend and feeling a lot better after a bout with viral meningitis. The Who have rescheduled the concerts they had to postpone because of Daltrey’s illness. The Who will resume their North American tour Feb. 27 in Detroit.