Grace Jones - Jamaican model, singer and actress. In 1999, she ranked 82nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and in 2008, she was honored with a Q Idol Award. Tom Scott - American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of The Blues Brothers and led the jazz fusion group […]

Shorty Long - American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.

Maxwell - American singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited as an originator of the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s.

Patti Labelle - American singer and actress. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Heavy D - Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer and actor.

Donnie Elbert - American soul singer and songwriter, who had a prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s. Hal David - American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Clarence Burke - Lead singer of […]

Miles Davis - American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Little Willie John - American R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s. Oscar Tony Jr. - American soul singer.

Dee Dee Bridgewater - American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ramsey Lewis - American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Lewis has recorded over […]

D'Marie Warren - Member the popular disco trio 'Alton, McClain & Destiny'. Roland Bautista - American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Bautista was best known for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire. He also worked with such artists as Ronnie Laws, The Crusaders, George Duke and Randy Crawford. Gladys Horton - American R&B and pop […]

Charles Drain - American soul singer. Marlo Henderson -  American guitarist and saxophonist, who played in mainly blues and R&B genres. Paulinho Da Costa - Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times.

Nelson Riddle - American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s.