Jazz has achieved worldwide preeminence as an indigenous American music and art form, bringing forth a unique American musical synthesis and culture through the African-American experience. Blues is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s by African-Americans from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs, and spirituals.
Roscoe Lee Owens
Rose Gales
Rose Mallet
Roy Gaines
Roy McCurdy
Ruth Price
Sammy Lee
Sandy Graham
Berisford “Shep” Shepherd
Sherry Pruitt
Sherry Williams
Sherwood Sledge
Sonny Green
Stanley Griggs
Stephanie Spruill
Stephen Foster
Steve Rawlins
Sweet Baby J’ai
Sybil Coker
Sylvia Boyd
Terry Gibbs
Tom Culver
Toni Dodd
Wali Ali
Wally Holmes
YeVette Stewart
