Artists
Music of Hitomitoi incorporates various genres (including soul, jazz, and funk), and is sometimes also described as modern city pop revival.
Charlie Hunter's primary influences were jazz great Joe Pass and the fluid Tuck Andress, both six-string guitarists.
Incognito is an acid jazz project led by Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and arranger who has guided an ever-changing lineup since 1979.
Indigo Jam Unit is a killer combo from Japan — a club jazz unit that mixes warm, round bass with hard-hitting piano, all held together nicely with two drummers on the bottom.
Intuit features tracks that are complex in arrangement but with lots of lovely details and an uplifting Brazil feel.
Slick, polished, and easygoing smooth jazz is the style that Jaared is best known for, especially in jazz circles.
Jamala is a Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar jazz singer (spinto soprano) performing music of her own composition at the junction of jazz, soul, world music, and R&B with elements of classics and gospel.
In the late 1970s, Rick James rescued Motown Records, providing funky hits that updated the label's style and saw it through into the mid-'80s.