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.)
Marilyn McCoo (American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s […]
Donny Hathaway (American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway has been described as a "soul legend" by Rolling Stone.) Howard Hewett (Grammy Award-winning American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the […]
Freddie Jackson (American Grammy-nominated singer.) Vanessa Bell Armstrong (Gospel singer who released her debut album Peace Be Still in 1983.)
Arlene Smith (American singer/writer of vocal group The Chantels) Darondo (American soul singer from the San Francisco Bay Area.) Richard Street (Richard Allen Street was an American soul and R&B […]
Thomas McClary (American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores. McClary is credited with having created the signature sound of The […]
Larry Young ( American jazz organist and occasional pianist.)
Hamish Stuart (Scottish born British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. ) Joshie Joe Armstead ( an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues […]
