Pretty Purdie - American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk, and jazz musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against […]
Eban Brown - Lead singer of R&B group, The Stylistics. Marcus Miller - American film composer, jazz composer, record producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a bassist. He has […]
Errol Garner - American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad "Misty", has become a jazz standard. Scott Yanow of Allmusic […]
Lamont Dozier - Singer, songwriter, and producer that hails from Detroit, Michigan. Eddie Levert - American singer–songwriter and actor. Levert is best known as the lead vocalist of The O'Jays. […]
Jerome Smith - American guitarist at TK Records in Miami, Florida, who was a member of KC and the Sunshine Band from their inception in 1973 until his death in […]
Brenda Holloway - American singer and songwriter, who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the soul hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts", "When […]
Ruby Turner - British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. In a music career spanning more than 30 years, Turner is best known for her album and single […]
Lee John - British musician, singer, and actor of St Lucian descent. He was born in Hackney, London, and educated in New York City, later studying drama at the Anna […]
Marvin Smity Smith - Â American jazz drummer and composer. Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. "Smitty" was exposed to music at […]
Eddie Floyd - American soul-R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s including the No. 1 R&B hit song […]
Dave Grusin - American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, […]
Jimmy Munday - American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer, best known for his arrangements for Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Earl Hines. Joe "Fox" Smith - American jazz trumpeter.
