James Ingram

• Genre: Adult Contemporary
• Hometown: Akron

About

Have honeyed Quiet Storm vocals, will travel. James Ingram's endless session work (with Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Grover Washington, Jr., among others) keeps his coffers full, but his soulful solo albums will please the love-hungry masses who need to have flames from the fireplace reflected in their wine glasses every once in a while. When the kids are away at soccer camp, place a little of James Ingram's Adult Contemporary on the hi-fi and watch as your significant other remembers that sex actually happens outside of a rerun of Sex and the City.

- Nick Dedina