Club des Belugas combine contemporary European lounge & nu jazz styles with Brazilian beats and American black soul of the fifties, sixties and seventies, using their unique creativity and intensity.
DJs Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut, rose to acclaim in the mid-'80s through production and remix work for a number of modern rock, hip-hop, and dance outfits.
What to do if you've been slogging away in the rock underground for a decade to slight critical acclaim without making any appreciable artistic or commercial headway?
The acid jazz outfit Corduroy assembled singer / keyboardist Scott Addison, his drummer brother Ben, guitarist Simon Nelson-Smith, and bassist Richard Searle.
Founded in the early 90's Count Basic has become one of the representatives of the so called acid jazz scene along with bands such as Galliano, The Brand New Heavies, The Young Disciples or Incognito.
Courtney Pine is perhaps the most enigmatic of late 20th century British jazzmen; he has consistently fascinated and frustrated critics with a restless and adventurous musical vision that has brought world music, pop, reggae, electronica, funk, and soul to sit in with the jazz tradition on his recordings.
Cunnie Williams was born in 1963 in Los Angeles. When he was young, he played basketball, but he turned to music, when he lived in Hannover, Germany.
Perhaps because he didn't cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown's stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield's talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized.