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Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in The Bronx, NY., died August 6, 2025 in Hackensack, NJ.) - was a 9 time Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican American pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. He was the younger brother of Charlie Palmieri. When he was only 5 years old, he used to musically accompany Charlie and together they would enter and participate in many talent contests. Read more on Last.fm

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Yatha Bhuta Jazz Combo is a duo from Paris, France that consists of Onra and Buddy Sativa. Combining as the Yatha Bhuta Jazz Combo, this LP may be a surprise to followers of Onra, while Buddy Sativa will be known to some via his own 2011 jazz leaning LP Deus Ex Machina on Favorite Records. There they collaborated on their first jazz track "Indica". Pleased with the results they carried on, keeping it simple and adhering to straightforward play-more-jazz Read more on Last.fm

Ebo Taylor (born Deroy Taylor on 7 January 1936 in Cape Coast, Ghana; died 7 February 2026) was a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music. Taylor was a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades and received a number of awards, including Life Time Achievement Award at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Highlife Music Awards, abd Music Legend of the year at the 2019 Ghana Business Awards. Read more on Last.fm

Ebo Taylor (born Deroy Taylor on 7 January 1936 in Cape Coast, Ghana; died 7 February 2026) was a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music. Taylor was a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades and received a number of awards, including Life Time Achievement Award at the 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Highlife Music Awards, abd Music Legend of the year at the 2019 Ghana Business Awards. Read more on Last.fm

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Sugar Minott (born Lincoln Barrington Minott, May 25, 1956 in Kingston, died Saturday July 10, 2010 in Kingston) was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator known for his sweet roots dancehall style. Sugar Minott spent his youth hanging around the legendary "Studio 1" listening to the artists that recorded there, such as Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, The Heptones, Dennis Brown and others. Sugar began his career with the formation of the African Brothers Read more on Last.fm

There have been several bands with the name The Bees. 1. The Bees (known as A Band of Bees in America, owing to a rights conflict over their name) are a UK band from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. Formed in 2000, the band members are Aaron 'Fletch' Fletcher (bass), Paul Butler (vocals, keyboards, guitars), Kris Birkin (guitar), Tim Parkin (trumpet), Michael Clevett (drums) and Warren Hampshire (keyboards). Known for harking back to the 60s and 70s Read more on Last.fm

MC Grand the Visitor (Grand V) and producer The Architect make up Hip Hop group Homeliss Derilex. Peanut Butter Wolf writes: Back in 1993, I was living in San Jose and part of a very small, yet dedicated hip hop scene that had to travel to San Francisco to be a part of any kind of organized event. The Wake Up Show with MC Sway was just starting to get it's rep on commercial KMEL, The Bomb was a magazine and not yet a record label, Gavin held yearly hip hop conventions attended by all Read more on Last.fm

Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, when she created a self help comedy music album. The album, entitled Dancing for Mental Health, uses affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self-help entrepreneurs who "build the listener's inner self and encourage personal growth through the thought that anything is possible". Will Powers is portrayed by Goldsmith during the spoken word sections as well as in the sung sections; her voice processed through a vocoder. Read more on Last.fm