Soweto Kinch Born 1978 London, UK
Shabaka Hutchings Born 1984 London, UK Saxophonist, composer and band leader for Sons of Kemet, Shabaka And The Ancestors and member of The Comet is Coming Associated Styles Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, afrobeat, apocalyptic space funk Influences & Project Connections Bone Thugs-nHarmony, Sun Ra Arkestra, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G. Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Mulatu Astatke, Tony Allen, Soweto Kinch, Courtney Pine, Nubya Garcia
Bill Withers Born 1938 Slab Fork, West Virginia – Died: 2020 Los Angeles
Laura Mvula Born 1986 Birmingham, UK
Alto-saxophonist, composer, poet, MC and producer
Singer, songwriter, composer, producer
Associated Styles Jazz, hip-hop
Associated styles Soul, r&b, jazz, gospel, classical
Influences & Project Connections: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Frank Holder, KRS-One, Shabaka Hutchings, Pee Wee Ellis, Wynton Marsalis
Influences & Project Connections Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight, Liz Wright, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy
Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Sister sledge Born Debbie Sledge 1954, Joni Sledge 1956-2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Singers, songwriters, producer Associated Styles Philadelphia Soul, soul, r&b, funk, disco, gospel Influences & Project Connections Gladys Knight, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Thom Bell, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Bill Withers, Fred Wesley, Angie Stone, Candi Staton, Lauryn Hill, Bluey Maunick, Kool G Rap
Associated styles: Soul, r&b, funk, blues Influences & Project Connections: Lou Rawls, Booker T Jones, the M.G.’s, James Gadson, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Grover Washington Jr Sampled & Covered over 800 times by Aretha Franklin, George Duke, Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Fred Wesley, The Roots, Soul II Soul, Meshell Ndegeocello, DJ Premier, Dilated Peoples, Ghostface Killah, Swizz Beatz, Jungle Brothers, Redman, IAM, James Blake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar
Soweto Kinch Born 1978 London, UK Alto-saxophonist, composer, poet, MC and producer Associated Styles Jazz, hip-hop Influences & Project Connections: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Frank Holder, KRS-One, Shabaka Hutchings, Pee Wee Ellis, Wynton Marsalis
Sister sledge Born Debbie Sledge 1954, Joni Sledge 1956-2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Singers, songwriters, producer Laura Mvula Born 1986 Birmingham, UK Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Associated styles Soul, r&b, jazz, gospel, classical Influences & Project Connections Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight, Liz Wright, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy
Associated Styles Philadelphia Soul, soul, r&b, funk, disco, gospel Influences & Project Connections Gladys Knight, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Thom Bell, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Bill Withers, Fred Wesley, Angie Stone, Candi Staton, Lauryn Hill, Bluey Maunick, Kool G Rap
Bill Withers Born 1938 Slab Fork, West Virginia – Died: 2020 Los Angeles Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Associated styles: Soul, r&b, funk, blues Influences & Project Connections: Lou Rawls, Booker T Jones, the M.G.’s, James Gadson, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Grover Washington Jr Sampled & Covered over 800 times by Aretha Franklin, George Duke, Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Fred Wesley, The Roots, Soul II Soul, Meshell Ndegeocello, DJ Premier, Dilated Peoples, Ghostface Killah, Swizz Beatz, Jungle Brothers, Redman, IAM, James Blake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar (pictured with Kori and Marcia Withers)
Soweto Kinch Born 1978 London, UK
Shabaka Hutchings Born 1984 London, UK Saxophonist, composer and band leader for Sons of Kemet, Shabaka And The Ancestors and member of The Comet is Coming Associated Styles Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, afrobeat, apocalyptic space funk Influences & Project Connections Bone Thugs-nHarmony, Sun Ra Arkestra, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G. Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Mulatu Astatke, Tony Allen, Soweto Kinch, Courtney Pine, Nubya Garcia
Bill Withers Born 1938 Slab Fork, West Virginia – Died: 2020 Los Angeles
Laura Mvula Born 1986 Birmingham, UK
Alto-saxophonist, composer, poet, MC and producer
Singer, songwriter, composer, producer
Associated Styles Jazz, hip-hop
Associated styles Soul, r&b, jazz, gospel, classical
Influences & Project Connections: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Frank Holder, KRS-One, Shabaka Hutchings, Pee Wee Ellis, Wynton Marsalis
Influences & Project Connections Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight, Liz Wright, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy
Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Sister sledge Born Debbie Sledge 1954, Joni Sledge 1956-2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Singers, songwriters, producer Associated Styles Philadelphia Soul, soul, r&b, funk, disco, gospel Influences & Project Connections Gladys Knight, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Thom Bell, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Bill Withers, Fred Wesley, Angie Stone, Candi Staton, Lauryn Hill, Bluey Maunick, Kool G Rap
Associated styles: Soul, r&b, funk, blues Influences & Project Connections: Lou Rawls, Booker T Jones, the M.G.’s, James Gadson, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Grover Washington Jr Sampled & Covered over 800 times by Aretha Franklin, George Duke, Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Fred Wesley, The Roots, Soul II Soul, Meshell Ndegeocello, DJ Premier, Dilated Peoples, Ghostface Killah, Swizz Beatz, Jungle Brothers, Redman, IAM, James Blake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar
Soweto Kinch Born 1978 London, UK Alto-saxophonist, composer, poet, MC and producer Associated Styles Jazz, hip-hop Influences & Project Connections: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Frank Holder, KRS-One, Shabaka Hutchings, Pee Wee Ellis, Wynton Marsalis
Sister sledge Born Debbie Sledge 1954, Joni Sledge 1956-2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Singers, songwriters, producer Laura Mvula Born 1986 Birmingham, UK Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Associated styles Soul, r&b, jazz, gospel, classical Influences & Project Connections Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight, Liz Wright, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Snarky Puppy
Associated Styles Philadelphia Soul, soul, r&b, funk, disco, gospel Influences & Project Connections Gladys Knight, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Thom Bell, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Bill Withers, Fred Wesley, Angie Stone, Candi Staton, Lauryn Hill, Bluey Maunick, Kool G Rap
Bill Withers Born 1938 Slab Fork, West Virginia – Died: 2020 Los Angeles Singer, songwriter, composer, producer Associated styles: Soul, r&b, funk, blues Influences & Project Connections: Lou Rawls, Booker T Jones, the M.G.’s, James Gadson, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Grover Washington Jr Sampled & Covered over 800 times by Aretha Franklin, George Duke, Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Fred Wesley, The Roots, Soul II Soul, Meshell Ndegeocello, DJ Premier, Dilated Peoples, Ghostface Killah, Swizz Beatz, Jungle Brothers, Redman, IAM, James Blake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar (pictured with Kori and Marcia Withers)