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Herman “Junior” Parker—often billed as Little Junior Parker—was one of the velvet-voiced architects of postwar Memphis blues. A gifted singer and harmonica player with an[…]

Julia Lee (1902/1903–1958) was a Kansas City pianist-singer who brought jump-blues swagger, jazz phrasing, and a famously sly sense of humor to American popular music.[…]

Josh White (1914–1969) was a pathbreaking blues and folk singer-guitarist whose supple tenor voice, crisp Piedmont-style guitar runs, and fearless topical repertoire helped move Black[…]

Johnny Winter (1944–2014) was a searing Texas blues guitarist, singer, and producer whose slide-guitar ferocity and high-octane stagecraft helped carry electric blues into arena-sized rock[…]

Johnny Shines (born John Ned Shines, April 26, 1915 – April 20, 1992) was a towering voice of Delta and Chicago blues whose career traced[…]

Johnny Hartman (1923–1983) was an American baritone whose velvety tone and unerring diction made him one of the most cherished interpreters of romantic ballads in[…]

John Mayall (November 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024) was an English blues bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and tireless catalyst behind the 1960s British blues boom.[…]

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose distinctive style left an indelible mark[…]

John William Coltrane (1926–1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer whose innovations in harmony, rhythm, and spiritual expression reshaped modern music. Rising from[…]

J. J. Johnson was the pivotal modern trombonist who proved that the slide trombone could speak bebop’s fast, harmonically intricate language as fluently as saxophones[…]