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- Louis Armstrong is an enduring jazz icon, and one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.
- Louis Armstrong was also becoming a musical sensation in Chicago, taking some of the spotlight away from Lil.
- Louis Armstrong was also greatly skilled at scat singing, or wordless vocalizing.
- Louis Armstrong was an extremely generous man who was said to have given away almost as much money as he kept for himself.
- Louis Armstrong was born and raised in and around the notorious Storyville district of New Orleans.
- Duke Ellington is a jazz legend.
- Duke Ellington is one of the premier musicians of the 20th century.
- Duke Ellington: A Celebration In 1923, he hired a musician named Bubber Miley--a master of trumpet mutes and unusual growling sounds.
- Sidney Bechet : the wizard of jazz.
- Sidney Bechet was a proponent of Dixieland Jazz who played the clarinet and was the first person to play Jazz on a Soprano Saxophone.
- Sidney Bechet was a great improviser, with a passion for life as well as music.
- Sidney Bechet was a child prodigy in New Orleans.
- Sidney Bechet was at the RCA studios on April 18th, 1941 (before tape) and the engineers fiddled with some early multiple recordings.
- James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul," yet Cooke's status as the "King of Soul" perhaps best reflects his stature and legacy.
- James Brown was able to buy a private jet, a villa, four radio stations, a restaurant chain, a moated castle and a music publishing house.
- JAMES BROWN is the KING of everything.
- JAMES BROWN: A lot of people that went to college and took up marketing, but didn't take up people.
- James Brown was also a role model for ghetto kids.
- Big Bill Broonzy is a towering and influential figure in traditional blues as a guitarist, singer and architect of early Chicago blues.
- Big Bill Broonzy was one of the greatest and most influential bluesmen of the thirties, and this is an excellent collection.
- Big Bill Broonzy was one of the many who made the trek out of Mississippi to Chicago.
- Billy Strayhorn was the piano prodigy Duke Ellington recruited in 1938 to compose material for his band.
- Billy Strayhorn was born to be a musician.
- Billy Strayhorn was Ellington’s compositional colleague, second pianist and arranger for most of Ellington’s career.
- Nat King Cole was the first African American to have his own radio program.
- Nat King Cole was a black man, who became a very famous jazz pianist and singer.
- Nat King Cole was considered a leading jazz pianist, appearing, for example, in the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts.
- Nat King Cole was one of the most popular singers ever to hit the American charts.
- Jay-Z is a part-owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA team paying a reported $4.5 million for his share.
- Jay-Z is the first hip-hop artist to sign with Live Nation.
- Jay-Z is the richest hip hop Entertainer (followed by 50 Cent), having a net-worth estimate of $600 million.
- Jay-Z was deeply affected by the murder of his friend and fan, Biggie Smalls.
- Jay-Z was featured on Beyonce's hit single "Crazy In Love." He made yet another appearance on Beyonc--'s 2006 hit, "Deja Vu".
- Johnny Dodds is one of those rare musicians whose sound has been heard by millions, and yet few know them by name.
- Johnny Dodds was a great asset to the popularity of Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7 in the Windy City.
- Johnny Dodds was noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt heavily blues laden style.
- Johnny Dodds was one of the greatest clarinetist of the 1920's.
- Miles Davis was a huge fan, proclaiming Prince to be "the most exciting artist of his time", and saying that "he could be another Duke Ellington".
- Miles Davis was influenced at around this time by pianist Ahmad Jamal, whose sparse style contrasted with the "busy" sound of bebop.
- Miles Davis was a great poet on his instrument.
- Miles Davis was always unusual.
- Miles Davis was born into a relatively wealthy African-American family living in Alton, Illinois.
- Robert Cray is one of the few blues artists who managed to cultivate a mainstream following in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Robert Cray is a Grammy award winning musician.
- Robert Cray is a blues musician, guitarist and singer.
- Robert Cray is one of the few blues artists who managed to cultivate a mainstream following from the get go.
- Barney Bigard was one of the most distinctive clarinetists in jazz and a longtime asset to Duke Ellington 's orchestra.
- Barney Bigard was born in New Orleans and studied music and clarinet with Lorenzo Tio.
- Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music.
- Ray Charles was born into a poor family on September 23, 1930 in Albany, Georgia, though he was raised in Florida.
- Ray Charles was 74 when he passed away of liver cancer.
- Ray Charles was a singer, songwriter and musician who wrote many classic country and R and B songs.
- Ray Charles was also known for singing and he did vocals for a few different projects as well.
- Count Basie was a great jazz pianist and big band leader.
- Count Basie was a leading figure of the swing era in jazz and, alongside Duke Ellington, an outstanding representative of big band style.
- Count Basie was able to hold on to his musicians for lengthy periods.
- Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era.
- Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
- Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1936 and raised in Los Angeles, where he first began to play the trumpet and later piano.
- Don Cherry is a musician of endless versatility.
- Don Cherry is one of music's great adventurers.
- Don Cherry is the name of more than one notable person.
- Don Cherry was a true genius.
- Florence Ballard was truly the best singer The Supremes ever had but the choice of material offered her could'nt have been more questionable.
- Florence Ballard - one of the original Supremes, died of a heart attack on February 22 nd, 1976 at the age of 32.
- Florence Ballard is a tragic casualty of Motown.
- Florence Ballard was coping by turning to alcohol and became involved in several blow-ups with Gordy and Diana Ross.
- Florence Ballard was replaced in 1967 by Cindy Birdsong[?] ( Patty Labelle & the BlueBelles[?]); she eventually sunk into poverty, dying on welfare in 1976.
- Lloyd Banks was born Christopher Lloyd 22 years ago and raised in Jamaica, Queens.
- Lloyd Banks was joined by 50 Cent and Young Buck on the album, and also had a solo performance with the song, "Smile".
- Lloyd Banks was left to care for his younger brothers alone when his mother was not around.
- Lloyd Banks was raised in Jamaica, Queens by his Puerto Rican mother--his father spent much of his son's childhood behind bars.
- Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries.
- Marvin Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
- Marvin Gaye was thrilled that Tammi had finally found happiness and was finally in a non-abusive relationship.
- Marvin Gaye: a life marked by complexity.
- Snoop Dogg is a hip-hop star who shot to fame after being a featured rapper on Dr. Dre 's 1992 album The Chronic.
- Snoop Dogg is the LAST person I would ever care to hear on a Lyfe Jennings song.
- Snoop Dogg was a member of a local Crips gang (lead by Bow Keene Mundine) in Long Beach, the Rollin' 20's Crips.
- Snoop Dogg was a member of a local Crips gang in Long Beach, the Rollin' 20's Crips.
- Snoop Dogg was arrested again on October 26 2006 at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California while parked in a passenger loading zone.
- In this regard, Wynton Marsalis became Blakey's most important disciple, a testament to the fiery drummer's seminal influence.
- Others, like Wynton Marsalis, disagree with this point of view, preferring instead to retain the rhythmic base of swing for creating their music.
- Wynton Marsalis: If I hadn't played with Art, I wouldn't have played jazz.
- Yolanda Adams comes out the blocks smoking with her debut release on her new label, Elektra Records.
- In 2000 she ventured into new territory by issuing a Christmas album, A Yolanda Adams Christmas.
- Yolanda Adams is without question one of the biggest stars ever to sing gospel music.
- Young Jeezy has also collaborated with artists such as Fabolous, T.I. and Juelz Santana.
- Young Jeezy has produced a popular line of "Snowman" t-shirts.
- Young Jeezy is often referred to (by himself and others) as the "Snow man".
- During 1962-1963, Yusef Lateef made the group a sextet and pianist Joe Zawinul was an important new member.
- Yusef Lateef machte die Gruppe von 1962 bis 1963 zum Sextett.
- Yusef Lateef - The Centaur and the Phoenix (Riverside, 1961) An amazingly diverse session, with a nine-piece group that sounds like a big band.
- Al Green was the first great soul singer of the '70s and arguably the last great Southern soul singer.
- Soul singer, Al Green vacillated between what he calls "a million-dollar career" and his calling to sing gospel music.
- The producers were so impressed by the recording, they persuaded Tina to record a cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together.
- Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole.
- Baby Dodds was one of first great drummers of Jazz and the brother of Johnny Dodds.
- Baby Dodds was one of his pupils from 1912.
- Blind Blake was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
- Blind Blake is a figure of enormous importance in American music.
- Blind Blake is a great player, a great musical figure," echoes Ry Cooder.
- Blind Blake was an influential blues singer and guitarist known as the "King of Ragtime Guitar".
- Blind Blake was drinking heavily in his later years.
- Chicago blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells perform some of their greatest hits live.
- Albert Collins and band losing their cool at Buddy Guy's Legends club.
- Many of Hooker's early releases influenced other bluesmen such as Buddy Guy and are considered to be early precursors to rock and roll.
- Cab Calloway was a famous singer and bandleader in 1930, and some 60 years later, he is still going strong.
- Cab Calloway is the father of actor Kirk Calloway.
- Cab Calloway was a famous singer and bandleader beginning in the lively era of the 1920s, and he remained active in music throughout his golden years.
- Cab Calloway was a remarkable showman, a born entertainer, a funny guy, and a unique singer.
- Charlie Parker was black music's first existential hero.
- Charlie Parker was an amazing saxophonist who gained wide recognition for his solos and innovative improvisations.
- Charlie Parker was 33 years old at the time, the presiding genius of his music and the greatest alto saxophone player who ever lived.
- Charlie Parker was a great musician and father.
- Charlie Parker was a musical performer during the Harlem Renaissance.
- Chuck Berry is a pioneer of Rock 'n' Roll and one of the most influential musician of all time.
- Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music.
- Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
- Chuck Berry is the greatest of the rock and rollers.
- Chuck Berry is the greatest rock lyricist this side of Bob Dylan, and sometimes I prefer him to Dylan.
- Tracy Chapman is an eloquent musician, but as an interviewee, she prefers to let her songs do the talking.
- Tracy Chapman is a performer of striking originality, grace and charm.
- Tracy Chapman is the best singer in the hole world.
- Tracy Chapman was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and she set out on the road supporting 10,000 Maniacs.
- Abiodun Oyewole received a 12-to-20-year jail sentence, but served less than four years.
- Wright-Lewis introduces poet Abiodun Oyewole to the students attending the poetry workshop.
- Abiodun Oyewole CDs Abiodun Oyewole CDs are one of thousands of music CDs available online.
- Albert Collins was a blues guitarist, singer and musician.
- Albert Collins was a moderate vocalist and an incredible guitarist.
- Albert Collins was a moderate vocalist, but instead an incredible and extremely magnificent guitarist with a reliable phat and juicy Fender Telecaster sound.
- Albert Collins was a true master of the blues whose piercing playing could send chills down the spine.
- Albert Collins was born on the 1st of October, in 1932 in Houston, Texas.
- Alex Bradford who formed and pioneered America's most famous gospel group was immediately magnetised by Madeline's compelling and creative voice.
- He instantly recruited her to the group being acutely aware that Madeline's presence in the Alex Bradford Singers would enhance their vocal performances.
- The Alex Bradford Singers sang all over America and toured Europe as part of the off-Broadway hit show "Black Nativity" written by Langston Hughes.
- Anita Baker is a living legend.
- Murray was initially heavily influenced by free jazz musicians such as Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler.
- New Thing At Newport by John Coltrane and Archie Shepp is one fine example of how Coltrane gave a helping hand to other musicians.
- When Benny Golson returned to active playing in 1977, his tone had hardened and sounded much closer to Archie Shepp than to Don Byas.
- Art Blakey is a master of playing the form and supprting soloists in this way.
- Art Blakey was known as a powerful musician and a ferocious groover.
- Charlie Parker is being heavily influenced by tenor saxophonist Lester Young and piano virtuoso Art Tatum.
- He started out by emulating Coleman Hawkins, but Byas always cited Art Tatum as his greater influence: "I haven't got any style, I just blow like Art".
- Strayhorn was then introduced to the music of pianists like Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson at 19.
- A video of Beanie Sigel dissing top hip hop producers Kanye West and Pharrell Williams was released May 20, 2007, as part of the upcoming Beef Series dvd.
- Beanie Sigel, born Dwight Grant, was released from federal prison in August after serving a year for a gun charge.
- Beanie Sigel's Cadillac Escalade plays a prominent role in a couple of his court cases.
- Benny Benjamin was Motown’s first drummer and, together with bassist James Jammerson provided the rhythmic anchor for the Motown Sound.
- Big Daddy Kane also posed for Playgirl and Madonna's Sex book during the 1990s.
- Big Daddy Kane appeared on the trip-hop group Morcheeba 's 2003 single "What's Your Name".
- Big Daddy Kane made a surprise appearance on the remix of the song Don't Touch Me of Busta Rhymes.
- Big Boi is a playable character in the Def Jam: Icon videogame.
- Big Boi was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah before moving to Georgia's capital of Atlanta.
- Big Gipp, who is a Southern rapper, hails from the hotbed of the genre, Atlanta, Georgia.
- His ex son-in-law is rapper Big Gipp of the Goodie Mob.
- Cee-Lo and Big Gipp both referenced this in multiple interviews.
- In 1918 bassist Bill Johnson invited Oliver to join his band at Chicago's Royal Gardens.
- Bill Johnson landed in Chicago, where a growing economy attending American entry into the Great War created a boom, which meant jobs for ambitious musicians.
- Bill Johnson claimed to have invented slap style while playing a job up in Shreveport, when his bow broke and he was temporarily unable to get a replacement.
- Biz Markie lost more weight than anybody else in the competition.
- Watch videos from the music artist Biz Markie on the official VH1 website.
- Buffy and another contorary Doug-E--Fresh popularized beatboxing, inspiring other artists to innovate, including Biz Markie and later, others such as Rahzel.
* Blind Lemon Jefferson
* Blu Cantrell
* Bobby Bradford
* Bobby Brown
* Bobby Byrd
* Bobby Day
* Bobby Womack
* Bootsy Collins
* Bow Wow
* Brown Bobby
* Buddy Bolden
* Bunk Johnson
* Busta Rhymes
* Catfish Collins
* Chaka Khan
* Charles Mingus
* Charles Ray
* Chick Webb
* Cindy Birdsong
* Cindy Herron
* Clarence Carter
* Clarence Williams
* Clark Terry
* Cody Chesnutt
* Coleman Hawkins
* Cootie Williams
* Curtis Mayfield
* Cynthia Robinson
* Dallas Austin
* Dalvin Degrate
* Damon Harris
* David Banner
* David Ruffin
* Da Brat
* De La Soul
* De Soul
* Diana Ross
* Dinah Washington
* Dionne Farris
* Dionne Warwick
* Dizzy Gillespie
* Dj Jazzy Jeff
* Doc Cheatham
* Donny Hathaway
* Don Byas
* Don Redman
* Doug Fresh
* Earl Hines
* Easy Mo Bee
* Eddie Kendricks
* Edward Boatner
* Ed Blackwell
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Elmore James
* En Vogue
* Erykah Badu
* Etta Baker
* Etta James
* Faith Evans
* Fantasia Barrino
* Fate Marable
* Fats Domino
* Fats Waller
* Flavor Flav
* Fletcher Henderson
* Frank Wilson
* Freddie Hubbard
* Freddie Keppard
* Fred Cash
* Fred Wesley
* Garvin Bushell
* George Benson
* George Clinton
* Gladys Knight
* Hal Davis
* Ike Turner
* India Arie
* Ishman Bracey
* Jabbo Smith
* James Bland
* James Booker
* James Carr
* James Jamerson
* Jam Master Jay
* Janet Jackson
* Ja Rule
* Jean Terrell
* Jermaine Dupri
* Jill Scott
* Jimi Hendrix
* Jimmie Noone
* Jimmy Yancey
* John Butler
* John Coltrane
* John Legend
* Josh White
* Jules Bledsoe
* Julian Cannonball Adderley
* Kanye West
* Keyshia Cole
* Kid Capri
* Kid Ory
* King Oliver
* Kool G Rap
* Lamont Dozier
* Larry Graham
* Lauryn Hill
* Lawrence Payton
* Levi Stubbs
* Lil Hardin Armstrong
* Lil Jon
* Lionel Hampton
* Lionel Richie
* Little Richard
* Living Colour
* Lonnie Johnson
* Louis Barbarin
* Lou Rawls
* Lucille Bogan
* Luis Russell
* Luther Vandross
* Lyfe Jennings
* Lynda Laurence
* Maceo Parker
* Mac Dre
* Madeline Bell
* Mary Wilson
* Maurice White
* Max Roach
* Mc Hammer
* Method Man
* Michael Jackson
* Minnie Riperton
* Missy Elliott
* Muddy Waters
* Mutt Carey
* Natalie Cole
* Nate Dogg
* Nat Adderley
* Nick Cannon
* Nina Simone
* Norman Whitfield
* Obie Trice
* Olu Dara
* Oscar Brown
* Otis Williams
* Paul Barbarin
* Paul Williams
* Peabo Bryson
* Pharoah Sanders
* Philippe Wynne
* Philip Bailey
* Pops Foster
* Queen Latifah
* Quincy Jones
* Red Allen
* Regina Carter
* Renaldo Benson
* Rhona Bennett
* Rick James
* Roberta Flack
* Rose Stone
* Roy Brown
* Rusty Allen
* Sam Cooke
* Scatman Crothers
* Scherrie Payne
* Scott Joplin
* Sean Combs
* Shawn Christopher
* Sha Money Xl
* Sleepy Brown
* Slick Rick
* Sly Stone
* Son House
* Stanley Clarke
* Stevie Wonder
* Sun Ra
* Susaye Greene
* Swizz Beatz
* Talib Kweli
* Tammi Terrell
* Teddy Wilson
* Terry Ellis
* Tevin Campbell
* Thad Jones
* Tina Turner
* Toni Braxton
* Tony Yayo
* Tupac Shakur
* Wellman Braud
* Wes Montgomery
* Whitney Houston
* Willie Brown
* Young Lay
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