Michael Franks (American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement)

Billy Ward (American singer with Billy Ward and His Dominoes) Lloyd Parks (Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist) Brook Benton (American […]

Deah Dame (Lead singer of R&B group duo Damian Dame) Eric Gale (American blues-rock guitarist) Chico Hamilton (American jazz drummer and bandleader) Eddie Bo (American singer and pianist)

G.C. Cameron (American soul and R&B singer)

Shirley Jones (American R&B singer. She was a member of The Jones Girls before starting a solo career. ) Marlena Shaw (American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and […]

John Coltrane (American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront […]

Wayne Henderson (American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders.)

Sam Rivers (American jazz musician and composer. He performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano. Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider […]

Gary Bartz (American jazz saxophonist.) Little Benny (American trumpet player, who was a part of the Washington D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence.)

Don Cornelius (American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 […]

Ben E. King (American soul and R&B singer and record producer.) Keni Burke (American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career with four siblings in the 1970s […]

Jean Luc Ponty ( French jazz violinist and composer.) Tommy Tate (American soul singer and songwriter, who had three hits on the R&B chart in the 1970s.)