McNeely's honking,
swaggering sax style helped
transition pop music from
jazz to R&B.
Seminal Jazz Blues vocalist
and pianist Charles Brown is
best known for his 1945
self-penned staple "Drifting
Blues."
With or without Basie,
Rushing's barrel-chested,
blues-drenched, banshee
vocals smack you upside
the head.
A legendary blues and jazz
singer, Jimmy Witherspoon
performed on stage and on
wax for nearly 50 years.
This soulful saxophonist
was a key part of the 1960s
Atlantic Records jazz, blues
and R&B sound. Curtis had
many instrumental R&B hits...
A witty, insightful
songwriter, this
pianist/vocalist brings a
wry, white middleclass
perspective to the blues.
This national treasure has
combined Gospel with the
best of secular music to
help give birth to soul, rock
and hard bop. Charles' sil...
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