This curated informational blog providers information on Gospel, Blue, Soul, Jazz and Rap performers from New York. Please look at the photographs of these transformational performers in various genres who have shaped musical expression not only in African American communities but in the nation as a whole. Enjoy!!!
NOTE: This blog (with the exception of the introductory comments and all photos and title) was compiled by and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD
Gospel
Harlem Gospel Choir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Gospel_Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GeqC5LQok
ARC Gospel Choir https://www.facebook.com/Arcgospelchoir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fav01TpYBM
Blues
Mamie Robinson Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ88uyWYOPk&list=RDEMho_i3HqcHDYBb_fwFrWpMw&index=1
Gladys Bentley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Bentley https://youtu.be/ptIBk2PZK74?t=38
Soul
Alicia Keys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjBAU2xzxJo
Luther Vandross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Vandross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZdzU0QOR6g
The Chantels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chantels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQkc9MtedA&list=PLcbZsrmlXdIDYCB5hygBFDHlaP8WtNgYM
Mary J. Blige https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_J._Blige https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFSfAYCIyk
The Drifters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drifters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ2xJ6JW3Xc
Cadillacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cadillacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U28e4EEC2j4&list=RDU28e4EEC2j4&start_radio=1
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenagers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfN9WTWeUvw
Little Anthony and the Imperials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0GEMqNvFfE
Jazz
Fletcher Henderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gLIOlgjOs
Duke Ellington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uz0nPZQmoI
Bebop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DB2nMfTMVg
Sonny Rollins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6GyP9j-QW8
Jackie McClean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_McLean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHJOKOFlpI
Randy Weston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQR4x1dDq90
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Ella Fitzgerald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO2ZUA1gDEo
Rap
Tupac Shakur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmlyaMChq1w
Dead Prez
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Lil' Kim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMEJWSp0bU
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RS-One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxeXhVSr20
JayZ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z https://www.youtube.com/jayzslifeandtimes/videos
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Kool Herc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHNrWMyA5Qw
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rand Master Flash and the Furious Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5bYULJE3yQ&list=PLD56D0BF2F3AA7553
WuTang Clan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDZuGzEM2E
Mos Def
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos_Def https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5vw4ajnWGA&list=PLeH5-gr5q2HqrSp5dFHcOfTuxxTnOnqVO
Diaspora
Babatunde Olatunji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babatunde_Olatunji
Tito Puente
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Eddie Palmeri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Palmieri
Ray Barretto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Barretto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO7gzpv5OLc