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Music and Dance

Adderley, Cannonball
Adderley, Nat
African dance
African music
African popular music
Ailey, Alvin, Jr.
Allen, Henry
Ammons, Gene
Anderson, Marian
Armatrading, Joan
Armstrong, Louis
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
Ayler, Albert
Bailey, Pearl
Baker, Anita
Baker, Josephine
Baker, Lavern
Ballard, Hank
Basie, Count
Bassey, Dame Shirley
Battle, Kathleen
bebop
Bechet, Sidney
Belafonte, Harry
Berry, Chuck
Blackwell, Edward Joseph
Blake, Eubie
Blakey, Art
Bland, Bobby Blue
Blanton, Jimmy
blues
Bolden, Buddy
boogie-woogie
Booker T and the MGs
Broonzy, Big Bill
Brown, Charles
Brown, Clifford
Brown, James
Brown, Ray
Brown, Ruth
Burke, Solomon
Burleigh, Harry Thacker
Byas, Don
cakewalk
Calloway, Cab
capoeira
Carney, Harry Howell
Carr, Leroy
Carter, Benny
Charles, Ray
Charleston
Christian, Charlie
Clarke, Kenny
Clayton, Buck
Coasters
Cole, Nat King
Cole, Natalie
Coleman, Ornette
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Collins, Janet
Coltrane, John
Cooke, Sam
cool jazz
Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
Cruz, Celia
Dameron, Tadd
Davis, Miles
Davis, Sammy, Jr.
De La Soul
Diddley, Bo
Dixieland
Dixon, Willie
Dodds, Baby
Dodds, Johnny
Dolphy, Eric
Domino, Fats
doo-wop
Dorham, Kenny
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew
Dunham, Katherine
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Eckstine, Billy
Eldridge, (David) Roy
Ellington, Duke
Europe, James Reese
Fitzgerald, Ella
Four Tops, the
Franklin, Aretha
free jazz
funk
gangsta rap
Gaye, Marvin
Gillespie, Dizzy
Glover, Savion
Gordon, Dexter (Keith)
Gordy, Berry, Jr.
gospel music
Grandmaster Flash
Green, Al
Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor
Griffin, Johnny
Guy, Buddy
Hall, Adelaide
Hampton, Lionel (Leo)
Hancock, Herbie
Handy, W.C.
Hawkins, Coleman
Henderson, Fletcher
Hendrix, Jimi
Hines, Earl (Kenneth)
Hines, Gregory
Hinton, Milt
hip-hop
Hodges, Johnny
Holiday, Billie
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Hooker, John Lee
Horne, Lena
house
Houston, Whitney
Howlin' Wolf
Hunter, Alberta
Hurt, Mississippi John
Ink Spots, the
Isley Brothers
Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Mahalia
Jackson, Michael
Jackson, Milt
James, Elmore
James, Etta
Jamison, Judith
Jarrett, Keith
jazz
jazz dance
jazz-rock
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
John, Little Willie
Johnson, Blind Willie
Johnson, Bunk
Johnson, J.J.
Johnson, James P.
Johnson, Lonnie
Johnson, Robert
Johnson, Tommy
Jones, Elvin
Jones, Jo
Jones, Matilda Sissieretta
Jones, Philly Joe
Joplin, Scott
Jordan, Louis
Kansas City style
King, Albert
King, B.B.
Kitt, Eartha
Knight, Gladys, and the Pips
Kool and the Gang
Laine, Cleo
Leadbelly
Lewis, John
Lewis, Meade
Little Richard
Little Walter
LL Cool J
Love (Arthur Lee)
Lunceford, Jimmie
Lymon, Frankie, and the Teenagers
Mahal, Taj
Marsalis family
Martha and the Vandellas
Mayfield, Curtis
McGhee, Brownie
McLean, Jackie
McPhatter, Clyde
McRae, Carmen
Mills, Florence
Mingus, Charles
Mitchell, Arthur
Mobley, Hank
Modern Jazz Quartet
Monk, Thelonious
Montgomery, Little Brother
Montgomery, Wes
Moonglows
Morgan, Lee
Morton, Jelly Roll
Moten, Bennie
Motown
Navarro, Fats
New Orleans style
Nicholas Brothers
Nichols, Herbie
Noone, Jimmie
Norman, Jessye
Ohio Players
Oliver, King
Oliver, Sy
Orioles
Ory, Kid
Page, Walter
Parker, Charlie
Parliament Funkadelic
Patton, Charley
Pepper, Art
Peterson, Oscar
Pickett, Wilson
Platters
Powell, Bud
Price, Leontyne
Price, Lloyd
Price, Sammy
Primus, Pearl
Prince
Professor Longhair
Public Enemy
ragtime
Rainey, Ma
Reagon, Bernice Johnson
Redding, Otis
Reed, Jimmy
reggae
rhythm and blues
Roach, Max
Robeson, Paul
Robinson, Bill
Robinson, Smokey, and the Miracles
Rollins, Sonny
Run-D.M.C.
Sam and Dave
scat
Shepp, Archie
Shirelles, the
Shorter, Wayne
Silver, Horace
ska
Sly and the Family Stone
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Huey "Piano"
soul music
Soul Stirrers
spiritual
Staple Singers, the
Stewart, Rex
Still, William Grant
Stitt, Sonny
Strayhorn, Billy
Summer, Donna
Sun Ra
Supremes
swing
Tatum, Art
Taylor, Cecil
Temptations
Terry, Sonny
Thompson, Lucky
Thornton, Big Mama
Threadgill, Henry
Turner, Big Joe
Turner, Ike; Turner, Tina
Tyner, McCoy
Vandross, Luther
Vaughan, Sarah
Walker, T-Bone
Waller, Fats
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Ethel
Waters, Muddy
Webb, Chick
Webster, Ben
Wells, Dicky
Weston, Randy
Williams, Cootie
Williams, Mary Lou
Williamson, Sonny Boy
Wilson, Jackie
Wonder, Stevie
Yancey, Jimmy
Young, Lester (Willis)