Weldon Irvine

Influential Jazz-Funk Keyboardist and Composer

Wendell Harrison

Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist from Detroit

Lightnin' Hopkins

Legendary Texas Blues Guitarist and Singer

All That Jazz

Dynamic Jazz Ensemble

Phil Ranelin

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Placebo

British Alternative Rock Band

Smif-N-Wessun

New York Hip-Hop Duo

Black Moon

Pioneering East Coast Hip-Hop Group

Bootsy Collins

Funk Bass Legend and Singer

Jun Miyake

Japanese Trumpeter and Composer

Satoko Shibata

Japanese Singer-Songwriter and Poet

Grey October Sound

Emerging Indie Rock Ensemble

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Iconic Jamaican Reggae Group

B.B. King

Legendary King of the Blues Guitar

Joe Pass

Legendary Jazz Guitar Virtuoso

Main Source

Influential Golden Age Hip-Hop Group

Brief Encounter

Soulful Funk and R&B Ensemble

Doug Carn

Jazz Pianist and Composer

Mouse On The Keys

Japanese instrumental post-rock band

Ron Henderson

Aburadako

Japanese Experimental Punk Band

Les DeMerle

Jazz Drummer and Band Leader

Tomorrow's People

Emerging Eclectic Music Collective

Specifics

Sekiri

For Tracy Hyde

Japanese Dream Pop Band

Fay Hill

The London Symphony Orchestra

British Classical Music Ensemble

Sonny Stitt

Jazz Saxophone Virtuoso

Pharoah Sanders

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist

Elmore James

King of the Slide Guitar:

Teenage Fanclub

Scottish alternative rock band

Lloyd Price

Rock and Roll Pioneer and R&B Singer

Karin Krog

Norwegian Jazz Vocalist

Clifford Jordan

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Anthony Moore

British experimental musician and composer

Susumu Yokota

Japanese Ambient Music Composer

Young Gun Silver Fox

Retro-Inspired West Coast Pop Duo

Floating Points

British electronic music producer and DJ

Calvin Keys

Jazz Guitarist

Bluey

Jintana & Emeralds

Japanese City Pop Revivalists

Pia Fraus

Estonian Dream Pop/Shoegaze Band

Messengers Incorporated

Soulful Funk Ensemble of the Late 1960s

Gbl Sound System

Ingram

Emerging Indie Pop Duo

Junk Fujiyama

Japanese Rock and Blues Musician

Home Boy And The C.O.L.

Strange Reitaro Travel Swing Orchestra

Eclectic Japanese Fusion Band

Kero One

Korean-American Hip-Hop Artist and Producer

The Lovelites

Chicago-based female soul trio

Penny Goodwin

Soul-Jazz Singer

Spangle Call Lilli Line

Japanese alternative rock band

Hilton Felton

Jazz-Funk Keyboardist and Composer

Think Twice

Emerging Indie Pop Duo

Virgin Insanity

The Wooden Glass

Emerging Indie Folk Duo

Billy Wooten

Jazz Vibraphonist and Percussionist

Yuma Hara

Japanese Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

The Ensemble Al Salaam

Spiritual Jazz Collective