21st C. 21st C. Elec- 21st C. 21st C. 21st C. 90s/ Jazz Rock tronica R&B Rap Sacred Music 2000s

Jason Moran Brittany Howard DJ Spooky The Roots Frank Ocean Kendrick Lamar Aeolians of Oakwood Kamasi Washington Gary Clark, Jr. Carl Craig Beyoncé Usher Kanye West Tasha Cobbs Concert & Roy Hargrove Janelle Monae Flying Lotus Rihanna Solange Nicki Minaj Jonathan McReynolds 90s Gospel Joshua Redman Stew Alicia Keys Jay-Z Marvin Sapp Terri Lyne Carrington Tamar-kali 50 Cent Kierra Sheard Kirk Franklin Classical Afropunk Trey McLaughlin Donnie McClurkin Mary Mary Audra McDonald, Soprano Donald Lawrence Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor Sounds of Blackness Morris Robinson, Bass 80s/90s Rock Techno 90s R&B 90s Rap Yolanda Adams Janinah Burnett, Soprano Nicole Mitchell, Composer Bad Brains Living Colour Doug Pinnick Juan Atkins R. Kelly Maxwell De La Soul Nas Tania Leon, Composer Fishbone Chocolate Genius Toshi Reagon Derrick May Mariah Carey Mary J. Blige A Tribe Called Jay-Z George E. Lewis, Composer Lenny Kravitz Garland Jeffreys Kevin Saunderson MeShell Erykah Badu Quest The Notorious 80s Superstars Terence Blanchard, Composer Tracy Chapman Slash D. Wynn NdegéOcello Boyz II Men Ice Cube B.I..G. Nkeiru Okoye, Composer D’Angelo Dr. Dre Lil’ Kim Michael Jackson Prince Lionel Richie Courtney Bryan, Composer Snoop Doggy Missy Elliott Tina Turner Whitney Houston Imani Winds, Wind quintet Dogg Lauryn Hill Wu-Tang Clan Outkast 80s Jazz House 80s Rap 2Pac 80s R&B 80s 70s/80s

Wynton Greg Osby Frankie Knuckles Sugar Hill Gang LL Cool J Public Enemy Stevie Wonder Marsalis Geri Allen Ron Hardy Grandmaster Flash MC Lyte N .W. A . Janet Jackson Gospel Concert & M-Base Branford Afrika Bambaataa Eric B. and Rakim Roxanne Shante Diaspora New Edition Collective Marsalis Run-D.M.C. Salt-N-Pepa Luther Vandross BeBe & CeCe Daryl Coley Steve Coleman Mulgrew Miller Ska, Reggae, Bob Marley, Anita Baker Winans Vanessa Bell- Classical Cassandra Jeff “Tain” Watts Jamaican Sound Systems, Dub, Patti LaBelle The Clark Armstrong Wilson Salsa, Fela Kuti, Afrobeat Sisters Richard Kathleen Battle, Soprano Take 6 Smallwood Marrietta Simpson, Mezzo- soprano Denyce Graves, Mezzo-soprano Barbara Hendricks, Soprano Fusion Disco Funk Country Go-Go 70s Soul/R&B Derek Lee Ragin, Countertenor Jessye Norman, Soprano Miles Davis Donna Summer James Brown EWF Charley Pride Chuck Brown & Stevie Wonder The O’Jays Bill Withers Julius Eastman, Composer Wayne Shorter Gloria Gaynor Larry Graham Kool & the Gang Linda Martell the Soul Searchers Marvin Gaye The Spinners Gladys Knight & the Pips Wendell Logan, Composer Herbie Hancock Chic Funkadelic Zapp Stoney Edwards Trouble Funk Roberta Flack Jackson 5 Maze George Walker, Composer Sylvester Parliament Rick James Rare Essence Al Green The Isley Brothers Teddy Pendergrass Anthony Davis, Composer Grace Jones Ohio Players Rufus/Chaka Curtis Mayfield Isaac Hayes Aretha Franklin Alvin Singleton, Composer MFSB Labelle Khan Dorothy Moore Rudd, Composer Barry White Betty Davis Commodores Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, Composer & Arranger Francis Walker-Slocum, Pianist Free Jazz & Rock Girl Motown Contemporary Jimi Hendrix The Miracles The Four Tops 60s Experimentation Love Groups Mary Wells Marvin Gaye Gospel Sly & the Family Stone The Supremes Stevie Wonder Sun Ra Cecil Taylor Ike & Tina Turner The Chantels The Temptations The Funk Edwin Hawkins Singers Mighty Clouds of Joy Concert & John Coltrane Muhal Richard Abrams The Shirelles Martha & the Brothers Andrae Crouch The Staple Singers Ornette Coleman AACM The Crystals Vandellas Rev. James Cleveland Anthony Braxton Art Ensemble of Chicago The Ronettes Classical

George Shirley, Tenor Shirley Verrett, Mezzo-soprano/ Comp- Hard Bop & 60s Vocal R&B/Rock’n’Roll Soul Protest Soprano Reri Grist, Coloratura soprano Fats Domino Bo Diddley The Platters Ray Charles Sam & Dave Martina Arroyo, Soprano osition Soul Jazz Music Ruth Brown Ike Turner “Big” Joe Turner Sam Cooke Booker T & Music Simon Estes, Bass-baritone LaVern Baker Hank Ballard Etta James James Brown the MGs Grace Bumbry, Mezzo-soprano/ Duke Ellington Art Blakey Jimmy Smith Miriam Makeba Little Richard The Drifters Otis Redding Wilson Pickett SNCC Freedom The Staple Soprano Mary Lou Williams Horace Silver Lee Morgan Dionne Warwick Chuck Berry Frankie Lymon Aretha Franklin The Impressions Singers Singers Olly Wilson, Composer Charles Mingus Cannonball Nancy Wilson Odetta “We Shall Quincy Jones Adderly Nina Simone Overcome” Cool Jazz Rhythm 50s 50s Golden Age Gospel 50s

Miles Davis Modern Jazz Quartet & Blues Vocal Urban (1945-55) Concert & Classical

Louis Jordan and Sister Rosetta Tharpe Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano His Tympany Five Music Blues Mahalia Jackson Robert McFerrin, Sr., Baritone Bebop The Ravens The Soul Stirrers Leontyne Price, Soprano The Orioles Harry Belafonte Carmen McRae Muddy Waters Big Mama Five Blind Boys of Mississippi William Warfield, Bass-baritone Charlie Parker Max Roach Wynonie Harris Johnny Mathis Abbey Lincoln B.B. King Thornton The Caravans Julia Perry, Composer Dizzy Gillespie Bud Powell Professor Longhair Sarah Vaughan Nat “King” Cole Willie Dixon Buddy Guy The Clara Ward Singers Ulysses Kay, Composer Thelonious Monk Billy Eckstine Dinah Betty Carter Howlin’ Wolf Bobby Blue Kenny Clarke Orchestra Washington Bland Swing/ Vocal Country 30s/40s Traditional 30s/40s Big Band Music & Folk Urban Blues Gospel Concert & Classical

Duke Ellington Lionel Hampton The Mills Brothers DeFord Bailey Big Bill Broonzy Thomas Dorsey Marion Anderson, Contralto Hale Smith, Composer Cab Calloway Charlie Christian The Ink Spots Mississippi Sheiks Memphis Minnie Lucie Campbell Anne Brown, Soprano Florence Price, Composer Jimmie Coleman Ella Fitzgerald Lead Belly Sonny Boy Williamson Golden Gate Quartet Todd Duncan, Baritone William Grant Still, Composer Lunceford Hawkins Billie Holiday T-Bone Walker Dixie Hummingbirds Ruby Elzy, Soprano William L. Dawson, Composer Count Basie Lester Young Nat “King” Cole John Lee Hooker Sister Rosetta Tharpe Paul Robeson, Bass-baritone Margaret Bond, Composer and Pianist Eva Jessye, Choral conductor Phillipa Schuyler, Pianist Early Stride Vaudeville 20s/Bway Country Folk 1900s-20s Jazz Piano Blues Popular Blues Gospel Concert & Classical

Louis Armstrong James P. Johnson Mamie Smith Victoria Spivey Papa Charlie Jackson Arizona Dranes Roland Hayes, Tenor Harry Lawrence Freeman, Composer Jelly Roll Morton Fats Waller Bessie Smith Ethel Waters Song Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Mamie Forehand Harry T. Burleigh, Composer & Undine Smith Moore, Composer Fletcher Henderson Willie “The Lion” Smith Ma Rainey Gladys Bentley Son House Blind Willie Johnson Baritone Clarence Cameron White, Composer Duke Ellington Alberta Hunter Eubie Blake Florence Mills Robert Johnson Scott Joplin, Composer Robert Nathaniel Dett, Composer Noble Sissle Roosevelt Sykes New Jazz Band/Military Popular “Lift Every Voice Gospel 19th C. Orleans Marching Band Song and Sing” (1900) Hymns Concert &

James Reese Europe Eubie Blake Florence Mills James Weldon Johnson Charles Tindley Jazz 369th Infantry Jazz Band aka “The Harlem Hellfighters Band” Noble Sissle J. Rosamond Johnson “I Shall Overcome Someday” Classical

Buddy Bolden “Kid” Ory Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield Joe “King” Louis Armstrong (The Black Swan), Vocalist Oliver Jelly Roll Morton Ragtime Brass Rural Arranged Sissieretta Jones (The Black Patti), Soprano Thomas Bowers, Tenor Dancing in Congo Square stops, c. 1840s Band Blues Spirituals (1870s) Francis “Frank” Johnson, Composer First Africans brought to Louisiana Henry F. Williams, Composer James A. Bland, Composer Territory, 1719 Syncopated Work Songs/ Ring Folk Thomas Green Wiggins Bethune (aka “Blind Tom”), Pianist First Africans brought to US colonies, 1619 Dance Music Hollers Shout Spirituals West African influences Western European influences Drums, rhythm sticks, banjos, musical bows, panpipes, balafo (xylophone); call and Brass instruments, violins, Western European classical & dance music; Western response, blue notes, polyrhythms, heterophony; integration of music & dance; high European notation system value on improvisation and individuality of timbre/voice

SOUNDTRACK OF AMERICASoundtrack of America conceived and directed by Steve McQueen Family tree created by Maureen Mahon

Quincy Jones, Chief Music Advisor Steve McQueen, Director Maureen Mahon, Chief Academic Advisor Greg Phillinganes, Chief Music Director Dion ‘No I.D.’ Wilson, Music Advisor Tunji Balogun, Music Advisor Regina N. Bradley, Nelson George, Alisha Lola Jones, shed2 APR 5–14, 2019 Matthew D. Morrison, Hamza Walker, Advisors