Solar Project

Historically, the Solar Project is associated with the Doo-Bop Sound, as the St. Petersburg trumpeter Igor Shilov was among the founders of both bands.

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins is the most enduring tenor saxophonist of the bebop and hard bop eras, but also one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time.

Soul II Soul

At a time when the highly mechanized sound of new jack swing was dominating contemporary R&B, Soul II Soul found a way to synthesize breakbeat-driven hip-hop and house music with the elegant dancefloor R&B of disco-era groups.

Soulive

Soulive is all about danceable, organ-driven instrumental groove-jazz. Their success is a result of fusing the soul-jazz of the past with a modern hip-hop feel. Krasno's spidery yet very direct guitar lines recall Grant Green. The rhythmic concepts employed date back to those learned from artists such as James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Sly Stone.

Soundscape UK

In the mid-'90s, percussionist Chris Bangs and keyboardist Mick Talbot united while working on a project for the acid jazz unit Galliano. Since then they have put their energies into forming the music of Soundscape UK, which takes the soul and disco sounds of the '70s and morphs them into smooth, acid jazz grooves heavy on sax and vibes.

Spearhead

Known for their politically charged amalgam of reggae, rock, hip-hop, funk, and EDM, Spearhead is the long-running musical outlet of California-based singer / songwriter Michael Franti.

Spyro Gyra

One of the most consistently commercially successful pop-jazz groups to emerge from the fusion era, Spyro Gyra broke through in the mid-'70s, combining R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz.

St Germain

One of the few producers to pursue a real fusion of jazz and house music, Frenchman Ludovic Navarre began recording in the early '90s using various aliases (Subsystem, Modus Vivendi, Deepside) for a range of French imprints.