Billy Higgins - American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Lester Bowie - American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Nappy Brown (featured above) - American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart No. 2 "Don't Be Angry", "Little By Little", and "Night Time Is the Right Time". --- Sam Moore - American vocalist who was a member of the soul and R&B group Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He is […]
Shirley Caesar - American gospel singer whose career has spanned seven decades. She has won 11 Grammys in addition to Dove Awards and Stellar Awards; Caesar is known as the "First Lady of Gospel Music" and "The Queen of Gospel Music". Dorothy Moore - American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 […]
This is the second weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, (Zilker Park, Austin TX) features a variety of artists every year with 9 stages, 100+ performances.
Karyn White - American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including "Superwoman", "Secret Rendezvous", "The Way You Love Me", and the US Hot 100 No. 1 single "Romantic". Robert Parker - American R&B singer and musician. His sole hit was "Barefootin'", and he […]
Keith Sweat, Monica, Tevin Campbell, Tamar Braxton, 112 and Silk,
Marv Johnson - American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. He was influential in the development of the Motown style of music, primarily for the song "Come to Me," which was the first record issued by Tamla Records, the precursor to the famous label. Nellie Lutcher - American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained […]
Wyclef Jean - Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, alongside Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel.
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Laura Nyro (featured) - American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry, and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and the 5th Dimension recording her songs. Wynton Marsalis - American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic […]
Wilbert Hart - American soul singer, songwriter, and producer, best known as a founding and last surviving member of the musical group the Delfonics. George McCrae - American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby". Jennifer Holiday - American actress and singer. She started her career on […]
Eddie Harris - American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known compositions are "Freedom Jazz Dance", popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here". David Mancuso - American disc jockey who created the popular […]
