Abdullah Ibrahim (9.0), Ahmad Jamal (1.0), AL Green (2.0), AL Jarreau (1.0), Albert Ayler (1.0), Alice Coltrane (4.0), Alton Ellis (1.0), Amos Lee (2.0), Angie Stone (7.0), Ani Difranco (1.0), Anika Noni Rose (1.0), Ann Sexton (5.0), Anthony Hamilton (3.0), Archie Bell & the Drells (2.0), Aretha Franklin (22.0), Arrested Development (1.0)

Babatunde Olatunji (1.0), Bebel Gilberto (2.0), Beenie Man (1.0), Beethoven (1.0), Beth Orton (1.0), Betty Wright (1.0), Bilal (1.0), Bill Ball & the Upsetters (1.0), Bill Evans (11.0), Bill Withers (5.0), Billy Paul (5.0), Biz Markie (3.0), Blackalicious (3.0), Blaze (1.0), Bob Marley (20.0), Bob Ohiri and His Uhuru Sounds (1.0), Bobby Caldwell (4.0), Bobby Mcferrin (1.0), Bongos Ikwue & the Groovies (2.0), Brian Auger (1.0), Busta Rhymes (1.0)

Cam'ron (1.0), Cassandra Wilson (1.0), Chairmen of the Board (1.0), Charles Lloyd (9.0), Charles Mingus (5.0), Charlie Hunter (3.0), Christian Mcbride (5.0), Clifford Brown (1.0), Common (12.0), Crown Heights Affair (1.0), Curtis Mayfield (18.0), Cymande (1.0)

D'angelo (14.0), Daryl Hall & John Oates (4.0), Deee-lite (4.0), Delillo, White Noise (1.0), Digable Planets (3.0), Dionne Warwick (5.0), Dj Krush (2.0), Donald Byrd (11.0), Donnie (7.0), Donny Hathaway (5.0), Dr. Dre (2.0), Dwele (3.0)

Earth, Wind & Fire (12.0), Eazy-e (1.0), Eddie Kendricks (1.0), Edgar Winter (1.0), Ella Fitzgerald (1.0), Ellison, Invisible Man (1.0), Elton John (1.0), Elvis Costello (3.0), Eric Showboy Akaeze & His Royal Ericos (1.0), Erykah Badu (5.0), Esbjorn Svensson Trio (12.0)

Fatback Band (2.0), Faulkner, as I Lay Dying (1.0), Faulkner, the Sound and the Fury (1.0), Fela Kuti (3.0), Fleetwood Mac (1.0), Foster Wallace, a Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1.0), Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster (1.0), Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (1.0), Francis and the Lights (4.0)

Gawande, the Checklist Manifesto (1.0), George Russell (2.0), Gil Scott-heron (4.0), Giles Peterson (2.0), Girl Talk (1.0), Gladys Knight & the Pips (2.0), Grant Green (16.0), Grateful Dead (1.0)

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (1.0), Harry Belafonte (2.0), Herbie Hancock (17.0), Herbie Mann (1.0), Hot Chocolate (1.0), Hugh Masekela (4.0)

Ice Cube (1.0), Imagination (1.0), Isaac Hayes (8.0)

J. Dilla (1.0), Jackie Wilson (1.0), Jaco Pastorius (1.0), Jaheim (1.0), James Brown (13.0), James Taylor (1.0), Jamiroquai (3.0), Jason Moran (1.0), Javier (2.0), Jay-z (6.0), Jeffrey Osborne (3.0), Jet Society (1.0), Jimi Hendrix (1.0), John Coltrane (16.0), John Legend (5.0), Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr (2.0), Johnson, Middle Passage (1.0), Joshua Redman (1.0)

Kanye West (2.0), Kat Edmonson (4.0), Keb' Mo' (1.0), Keith Jarrett (22.0), Kindred the Family Soul (1.0), King Britt (3.0), Kool & the Gang (1.0)

L.T.D. (2.0), La Valle, Big Machine (2.0), Labelle (1.0), Lambchop (1.0), Laura (1.0), Laura Nyro (12.0), Lauryn Hill (3.0), Lavalle, Big Machine (1.0), Lavalle, Slapboxing With Jesus (1.0), Lavalle, the Ecstatic (1.0), Lenny Williams (3.0), Leon Thomas (4.0), Lethem, the Fortress of Solitude (1.0), Levert (1.0), Lewis Taylor (1.0), Liquid Liquid (2.0), Lonnie Liston Smith (2.0), Louis Armstrong (1.0)

Machine (1.0), Maguire, Wicked (1.0), Maiysha (1.0), Malo (1.0), Manu Dibango (1.0), Manzel (4.0), Margo Thunder (1.0), Mariah Carey (1.0), Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (1.0), Marvin Gaye (19.0), Maxwell (3.0), Maze (1.0), McCann, Let the Great World Spin (1.0), Merry Clayton (1.0), Michael Jackson (3.0), Mike Stern (2.0), Miles Davis (55.0), Musical Youth (1.0)

Nancy Wilson (1.0), Naughty by Nature (1.0), Nelly (1.0), Nick Drake (1.0), Nina Simone (2.0), Norma Fraser (1.0), Nu Shooz (2.0)

Ornette Coleman (1.0), OutKast (3.0)

Pasta (8.0), Pat Metheny (1.0), Paul Hindemith (1.0), Paul Simon (3.0), Pharoah Sanders (15.0), Philip Glass (1.0), Pizza (10.0), Pizzicato Five (2.0), Plouffe, the Audacity to Win (1.0), Positive Force (1.0), Prince (17.0)

R. Kelly (6.0), R.B. Greaves (1.0), Raphael Saadiq (11.0), Ray Charles (4.0), Ready for the World (2.0), Richard Bona (3.0), Rick James (1.0), Roberta Flack (2.0), Rokk (1.0), Roy Ayers (16.0), Rufus (1.0), RUN-D.M.C. (3.0), Rushdie, Midnight's Children (1.0)

Sade (5.0), Salome De Bahia (1.0), Sam Cooke (9.0), Sandwich (5.0), Saxon Lee & the Shadows International (1.0), Shuggie Otis (2.0), Sister Love (3.0), Sly & the Family Stone (5.0), Smokey Robinson (4.0), Snoop Dogg (6.0), Sophie (2.0), Steely Dan (5.0), Stevie Wonder (22.0), Swan Dive (1.0)

Taj Mahal (4.0), Tavares (1.0), Teddy Pendergrass (1.0), The Beatles (2.0), The Black Santiagos (1.0), The Cinematic Orchestra (5.0), The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (1.0), The Doobie Brothers (7.0), The English Beat (1.0), The Go! Team (2.0), The Honey Cone (2.0), The Jackson 5 (10.0), The Jacksons (6.0), The Main Ingredient (3.0), The Notorious B.I.G. (2.0), The O'jays (1.0), The Originals (2.0), The Sea and Cake (6.0), The Spinners (7.0), The Supremes (3.0), Thelonious Monk (2.0), Third Eye (1.0), Trick Daddy (1.0), Tupac (4.0), Twista & Anthony Hamilton (1.0)

Ub40 (4.0)

Van Morrison (5.0), Vance Gilbert (1.0)

Warren G. (1.0), Wawa (1.0), Wayne Shorter (1.0), Weather Report (13.0), Wes Montgomery (4.0), Whitney Houston (1.0), Willie Hightower (1.0), Wyclef Jean (5.0)

Young Mc (1.0)

Zapp (6.0)