BANDS & MUSICIANS

R&B

A combination of blues, jazz and gospel from 1947 to the mid-1960s. By the '60s it was called "soul."

Allen Toussaint

keys

Bands: Solo

Bill Doggett

organ

Bands: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Bill Jennings

guitar

Bands: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Carl Hogan

guitar

Bands: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Charles Brown

vocal, piano

Bands: Solo

Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.)

vocal, piano

Bands: Solo

Fats Domino

vocal, piano

Bands: Solo

Irma Thomas

vocal

Bands: Solo

Jay McShann

piano, vocal, bandleader

Bands: Solo

Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers

Johnny Adams

vocal

Bands: Solo

Johnny Otis (Ioannis Veliotes)

Wikipedia

piano, vibes, drums, vocal, bandleader, impresario

Bands: Johnny Otis Revue, Lloyd Hunter's Serenaders, Charles Brown, California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, Big Jay McNeely, Etta James, Wynonie Harris, Little Esther Phillips, Mel Walker, Shuggie Otis, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Louis Jordan

MySpace

vocal, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax

Bands: Charlie Gains Band, Chick Webb, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

Louis Jordan - vocal, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax

Bill Doggett - organ

Carl Hogan - guitar

Bill Jennings - guitar

Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)

vocal, piano

Bands: Solo

Ruth Brown

vocal

Bands: Solo

The Neville Brothers

Art Neville - keys, organ, vocal

Aaron Neville - vocal

Charles Neville - sax

Cyril Neville - drums, vocal

Ivan Neville - keys, vocal

Brian Stoltz - guitar