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Philadelphia born percussionist James Mtume has done something unique in the music business: he has had a successful career while preserving his integrity A successful session man, songwriter, bandleader, and producer, Mtume bowed out of the music business in the mid-’80s, when he felt the quality and history of R&B was slipping away, only to return triumphantly to lend his stellar ear and deep knowledge of black music to neo-R&B acts like Mary J

James Peterson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Florida-based guitarist, singer and songwriter James Peterson plays a gritty style of southern-fried blues that is at times reminiscent of Howlin’ Wolf and other times more along the lines of Freddie King

James Powell Biography, Photos, Pictures

While many musicians are likely to claim that they could have been famous, here is one who could have been Fame itself Some performers who have undergone name changes also use the stage surname for their children; had British blues keyboardist and singer Georgie Fame done that, James Powell would have been “James Fame” and his brother Tristan Powell would have been “Tristan Fame

James Powell is a bass vocalist who performs and records with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

James Ray remains a tragic footnote in the annals of R&B history — a gifted singer best remembered for the classic “If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody,” he died of a drug overdose while his career was still in its infancy

James Reynolds Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singing words of old-age rather than new age philosophy, gospel tenor vocalist James Reynolds should not be confused with the performer of the same name active in the former genre

The most widely heard performer named James Reynolds may just be the singer who for only two years was in a Campbell, OH, band named after a car At least this status seems somewhat assured by the enduring popularity of doo wop, especially the really weird songs in the genre in which group members chant mumbo jumbo and otherwise come off as if they have been sipping belladonna tea

James Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

There’s a Jimmy Robinson or James Robinson for every instrument in the band box This California native, who has gone by both of those first names, is the one to call for blues, funk or jazz drumming

This James Robinson was a violinist from the ’20s who played in a style that, like a silver bullet fired at the Wolfman, stops dead any notion that the blues and oldtime music were two different species

A smooth vocalist whose intonation could be used to test automatic tuning devices, James Robinson is associated with some of the lighter sounds of the 80’s and 90’s, ranging from fusion jazz to soul music

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