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Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
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Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Gretchen Parlato
American singer
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Vanessa Rubin
American singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
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Theo Croker
American singer
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Patrice Rushen
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Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
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Wayne Garfield
Collaborating Songwriter, producer, vocalist, for four decades
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Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Dionne Warwick
American singer, actress and TV show host
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India.Arie
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and flautist
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Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Lalah Hathaway
American singer
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Fatoumata Diawara
Malian musician and actress
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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Fantasia Barrino
American actress and singer
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Cyndi Lauper
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actress and activist
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Yoann Lemoine
French music video director, graphic designer and musician
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Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Nikki Yanofsky
Canadian singer
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Gary Clark, Jr.
American guitarist and actor
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Jo Dee Messina
American country music artist
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Kate McGarry
American singer
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Mýa
American R&B recording artist
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Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
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Janelle Monáe
American singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actress
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Andra Day
singer and songwriter
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Jessie Reyez
Canadian singer-songwriter
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Tessanne Chin
Reggae fusion recording artist
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Marc Cohn
American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician
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Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
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Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
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Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Sara Bareilles
American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
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Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
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Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
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Leslie Grace
American singer and songwriter
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Brandee Younger
American Harpist
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Rickie Lee Jones
American vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, actress and narrator
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H.E.R.
American singer from Vallejo, California
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Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
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Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Roxanne Seeman
American songwriter
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Ana Gabriel
Mexican singer
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Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer
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Brenda Russell
American singer-songwriter
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Lana Cantrell
Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer
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Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
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Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
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Irene Cara
American recording artist; singer and actress
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Vasti Jackson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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Kathy Kosins
American jazz and R&B singer
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Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Sheryl Crow
American musician and actress
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Lizzo
American singer, rapper, songwriter, and flutist
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Bobby Darin
American singer, songwriter and actor
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Martha Munizzi
American actress and singer
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Linda Ronstadt
American singer
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James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Patti Austin
American singer
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