George Howard - American smooth jazz saxophonist. Slyvia Moy - American songwriter and record producer, formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts, she is probably best known for her songs written with and for Stevie Wonder.
Earl Klugh - merican acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Finger Painting” by “Swing Journal” a Japanese jazz magazine. Izora Armstead - American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive alto voice, Armstead first achieved […]
Jack McDuff - American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. 25 Sep 1961, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA --- A portrait of Jack McDuff as he plays the organ during a Lou Donaldson session. […]
Michael Franks - American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement. He has recorded with a variety of well-known artists, such as Patti Austin, Art Garfunkel, Brenda Russell, Claus Ogerman, and David Sanborn.
Debra Jean Hurd - American singer from R&B group duo, Damian Dame. Eric Gale - American jazz and R&B guitarist. Chico Hamilton - American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Eddie Bo - American singer and pianist from New Orleans. Schooled […]
G.C. Cameron - American soul and R&B singer who is currently married to International Recording Artist Linda Dixon Cameron a.k.a. “ Lady L.”. Perhaps best known as the lead singer of supergroup "The Spinners" on their 1970 hit "It's a Shame" and for his 1975 hit "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday".
Shirley Jones - American R&B singer best known as a member and lead vocalist of the The Jones Girls, who were a trio of sisters that had a number of hit singles in late 1970's and early 80's. Shirley went on to have a solo career after the group disbanded in 1984. Marlena Shaw - […]
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 of free jazz. Ray Charles - American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". […]
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.
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 until 1993. Cornelius sold the show to MadVision Entertainment in 2008. Allan Barnes - American jazz musician, based in Detroit for the majority of […]
Ben E. King - American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by me" a US Top 10 hit. Keni Burke - American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career with four siblings in the 1970s band the Five Stairsteps. Sean […]
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.
