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Luther Sylvester Allison (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997) was a fiercely passionate and dynamic blues guitarist and singer whose career bridged the electric[…]

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American alto-saxophonist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader whose witty, tight ensemble recordings and stagecraft[…]

Louis Armstrong (born Louis Daniel Armstrong; August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was an American trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and one of the most influential[…]

Lonnie Johnson stands at the crossroads of blues and jazz, the rare musician whose single-string guitar leads redefined how both traditions could sound. A refined[…]

Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs) reshaped the sound of postwar Chicago blues. With a bullet mic cupped to his harmonica and a small amp[…]

Leroy Carr (1905–1935) was a singer-pianist whose smooth voice, conversational phrasing, and elegant piano lines helped steer the blues from the rough-hewn country idiom toward[…]

Koko Taylor—born Cora Ann Walton—rose from Tennessee sharecropper roots to become the undisputed “Queen of the Blues.” With a volcanic, sandpapered voice and a fearless[…]

Kim Wilson, born on January 6, 1951, is an iconic American blues singer and harmonica player, widely recognized as the enduring frontman for the legendary[…]

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an iconic American jazz guitarist whose career has spanned over seven decades. Renowned for his understated, melodic[…]

Junior Wells was one of the most dynamic harmonica players and vocal stylists of the postwar Chicago blues. A street-honed performer with a sharp sense[…]