Artists
Norah Jones slides between the spaces separating jazz, pop, country and rock, cultivating a sophisticated, deceptively mellow style that has proven to be surprisingly adaptable and enduring.
Since entering the industry as an arranger in the early 1950s, Quincy Jones has distinguished himself as a bandleader, solo artist, sideman, songwriter, producer, film composer, and record label executive.
Rodney Jones started playing the guitar at age six; in 1976, at the age of twenty, he began touring with Dizzy Gillespie.
While they weren't a Philly soul group in the strictest sense, no overview of the greatest recordings written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff would be complete without the Jones Girls.
One of the acid jazz movement's most prominent guitarists, London-born Ronny Jordan was widely credited with returning the instrument to its rightful place as a major force in modern-day jazz.
Kenny G is a phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings became a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations.
With her warm, lyrical voice and poetic sense for interpreting standards, singer Stacey Kent is the epitome of jazz sophistication.
Kim & Buran are inspired by retro electronic sounds related to Jean-Michel Jarre fused with nostalgia feel and space exploration romantics.