Cheryl James - American rapper and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the American Grammy–award winning female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, which also includes Pepa and Spinderella.

Michael Brecker - American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007. Raymond Davis - Original bass singer and one of the […]

Tracey Chapman - American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", and "Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987.

Lowell Fulson - American blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. He also recorded for contractual reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, he was the most important figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Herb Alpert - American trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the […]

Gil Heron Scott - American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s.