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Catherine Russell

singer

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James Blood Ulmer

American jazz and blues guitarist and singer

2

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

3

Big Mama Thornton

American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

4

Adelaide Hall

American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer

5

Bobbi Humphrey

American soul-jazz musician

6

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

7

Jayne Cortez

Avant-garde jazz poet

8

Gary Lucas

American musician

9

Shemekia Copeland

American electric blues singer

10

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

11

J. C. Johnson

American musician

12

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

13

Victoria Spivey

American blues singer and songwriter

14

Gloria Lynne

singer

15

Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)

16

Olu Dara

American musician

17

Odetta

American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)

18

Woody Mann

Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist

19

Lucille Hegamin

American singer and entertainer

20

Bea Booze

American musician

21

Trixie Smith

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

22

Ethel Waters

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

23

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

24

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

25

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

26

Charles Burnham

American musician

27

Josh White

American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)

28

Mavis Staples

American singer

29

Edith Wilson

American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)

30

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer

31

Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)

32

Bobby Broom

American musician

33

Shara Nova

American musician

34

Paul Thorn

American boxer

35

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

36

Mary Lou Williams

American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer

37

Christine Tobin

singer-songwriter

38

Champian Fulton

American musician and pianist

39

Janiva Magness

American blues singer

40

Virginia Liston

American classic female blues and jazz singer

41

Jimmy Rushing

American blues shouter and swing jazz singer

42

Rose Marie McCoy

American songwriter

43

Guy Forsyth

American Texas blues and blues rock singer, harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter

44

Edward W. Hardy

American composer, musician and producer

45

Eddie Chamblee

American saxophonist

46

J. Geils

American musician

47

Koko Taylor

American Chicago blues musician

48

Justin Townes Earle

American musician

49

Regina Spektor

Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist

50

Linda Hopkins

African American actress and blues and gospel singer

51

Dakota Staton

American jazz vocalist

52

Robby Krieger

American rock guitarist and songwriter

53

Clarence Williams

American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher