Artists
Ken Yokoyama has been involved with a series of projects (including heading Pizza of Death Records), but one of the few to hold strong was the Crazy Ken Band.
They appeared out of nowhere, as if they were transported from a parallel universe wherein blue-eyed soul was seen as rock & roll's salvation in the late ‘80s.
D'Angelo established himself as an unwitting founder and leading light of the late-'90s neo-soul movement, which aimed to bring the organic flavor of classic R&B back to the hip-hop age.
British experimental dance act D*Note originally emerged from London's rare groove scene, with the 1993 debut LP Babel reflecting a strong acid jazz background.
Dafuniks is a hip-hop / soul Danish band founded in 2008 in Copenhagen.
Miles Davis is more than a jazz musician: he is a cultural icon, known even to people who can't tell bebop from fusion.
Dividing his time between the United States and France, Laurent de Wilde has found a welcoming audience in both countries.
With De-Phazz, Peter Baumgartner and company have explored various forms of lounge music, with innumerable cross-sections of vintage jazz and soul, easy listening, and Latin music.