She released five albums and several singles while with Blue Note, according to their biography of her, and she “dazzled audiences with her intoxicating blend of straight-ahead jazz, soul ...

The jazz musician was known for helping to pioneer the soul jazz sound and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What" Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

The longevity of the jazz-driven soul song is largely due to its use in hip-hop and soul tracks, with snippets of the song sampled by Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, J Dilla, 2Pac, J. Cole and dozens of ...

“His sound mixed with cosmic soul-jazz is really what created artists like Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. It was just that groove. “That’s not to say people around then weren’t making music ...

Soul II Soul is a 2-time Grammy winning act that emerged at the end of the 1980s from London. The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties ...