Biography: J. Rawls, J. Reuben Silverbird, J. Rosamond Johnson, J. Rui, J. Russel Robinson, J. Scott Skinner, J. Tillman, J. Tomás, J.A. Caesar, J.A. Deane,

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Getting their start in Richmond, Virginia, J Rawls began when guitarist John Majer and bassist Weber Grandish left their previous band and began to work on their new songs with drummer Bryan Stiglich

J. Reuben Silverbird Biography, Photos, Pictures

Native American music has been balanced by a love of theater for multi-instrumentalist and vocalist J Reuben Silverbird While his albums — The World in Our Eyes, Shaman 2, and Spiritual Wise Man — have established him as an important musical spokesman for the Nedni Apache, Cherokee, and Navajo tribes, his appearance in such films as Disney’s Young Harry Houdini, I’ll Take Manhattan, Spirit of Pocahontas, and Fruit of the Vine, off-Broadway shows including Winter Man and Red Sky, and the Californian production of Black Elk Speaks, introduced him to a much larger following

J. Rosamond Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

J Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson were brothers from Jacksonville, Florida, who not only created new forms of black classical music but struggled mightily and not always with success to elevate these works to a proper level of respect

J. Rui
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Genre: Latin

J Rui wrote lyrics for several hits, like “Para O Samba Entrar No Céu,” recorded by Almirante, “Porque Você Voltou,” recorded by Francisco Alves and Mário Reis, among others

J. Russel Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

J Russel Robinson (with only one “L”) was a pianist and songwriter from Indianapolis Robinson began his career in vaudeville around 1908 as part of an act called the Robinson Brothers; his first published composition was “Dynamite Rag,” which appeared in 1910

J. Scott Skinner Biography, Photos, Pictures

James Scott Skinner, born in 1843, was already playing by 1855 Skinner was no folk artist, but a virtuoso of a drawing-room style that drew from both the folk and classical traditions

Singer/songwriter J Tillman’s music paints languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams

J. Tomás
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Genre: Latin

J Tomás was the author of the famous samba “Sarambá,” which had lyrics by Duque and was presented in Paris by Pixinguinha’s Oito Batutas His “Teresinha” was successful as his version in 1929

JA Caesar (also spelled JA Seazer and JA Ceaser) is the pseudonym for a Tokyo music composer who has been involved with creating music for various theater and film projects since the very early 1970s

There was a time — ancient history in terms of his career — that it would have been easy to look at JA Deane on-stage and determine what instrument he was playing