Artists
Chicago acid jazz outfit Liquid Soul was formed in 1993 and quickly emerged as a Windy City club favorite.
Live People Ensemble is the conceptual jazz ensemble from Moscow, Russia, that delights jazz lovers with original compositions of the ensemble’s front lady Natalia Skvortsova and the rest of the band members, as well as original jazz standard arrangements.
Ludovic Llorca is the composer who spent his youth in the north of France, learning music-making with computers. While he chose his family name as an artist alias, he also uses different monikers for several various projects.
Giving their own style of dance music that combines funk and trip-hop, The London Funk Allstars could be heard through the stereo of any given dance club or party in their native UK.
A performance-oriented Latin dance band from Venezuela heavily indebted to funk and disco (with a dash of acid jazz), los Amigos Invisibles made a big splash in their homeland in 1995 with their debut album.
Love Committee were originally formed in 1967 as The Ethics in Philadelphia by members Ron Tyson, Joe Freeman, Carl Enlow and Andrew Collins.
Born in London in 1967, Danny Williamson was adopted and raised in Watford by strict Baptist parents, earning his nickname from the TV series Hawaii Five -O ("book 'em, Danno"). He took trumpet lessons as a child, played piano and drums as well in various school bands and began listening to a wide range of music, including jazz, fusion and soul and fusion plus hip-hop and electro.
In the world of contemporary music, there are just a handful of superstars whose first name alone brings instant recognition. Say the name “Luther” and record buyers the world over respond immediately. The fact is, Luther Vandross was, and always will be, the pre-eminent black male vocalist of our time.