Legacy Recordings

The Five Stairsteps

Mitch Miller & The Gang

Prince

Pops Staples (guitar, vocal), Mavis Staples (background vocal, vocal), Cleotha Staples (background vocal), Yvonne Staples (background vocal), Jeff Tweedy (bass, guitar), Spencer Tweedy (drums), Scott Ligon (piano), Tony Grady (bass), Tim Austin (drums)

Boots Randolph

John Facenda Thomas Patton

The Dead Weather, Jack White (background vocal, drums, electric guitar, vocal), Baby Ruthless (vocal), Dean Fertita (background vocal, guitar, organ, synthesizer, slide guitar), Jack Lawrence (background vocal, bass), Alison Mosshart (vocal)

Phyllis Hyman (whistles), Randy Cantor (keyboards), Randy Cantor (piano), Randy Cantor (synthesizer), Thom Bell (synthesizer), Thom Bell (keyboards), Thom Bell (piano), Casey James (keyboards), Casey James (percussion), Joe Smithers (trumpet), Joe Smithers (fluegelhorn), Brian Castor (trombone), Casey James (piano), Casey James (synthesizer), Greg Scott (saxophone), Herb Smith (guitar), Joe Fusco (guitar), Dexter Wansel (keyboards), Dexter Wansel (piano), Dexter Wansel (synthesizer), Steve Green (bass guitar), LeRoi Bell (percussion), Clifford (Pete) Rudd (drums), LeRoi Bell (guitar), LeRoi Bell (drums), Phyllis Hyman (vocal)

Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra, Jimmy Saunders (vocal), Perry Como with Russ Case, his Orchestra & Chorus, Perry Como (vocals), Russ Case & His Orchestra & Chorus, Dinah Shore with Russ Case and his Orchestra, Dinah Shore, Russ Case and His Orchestra, Freddy Martin And His Orchestra, Stuart Wade (vocal), Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, Billy Williams (vocal), The Kaye Choir (vocal), Tex Beneke and His Orchestra, Tex Beneke (vocal), Betty Rhodes with Charles Dant and his Orchestra, Betty Rhodes, Charles Dant & His Orchestra, Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra, Russell Case and His Orchestra, Sammy Kaye, Mary Marlow (vocal)

Elmore James, Buster Brown, Etta James (vocals), Lee Dorsey, Don Gardner, Dee Dee Ford, Champion Jack Dupree, Willie Eagan, Wilson Pickett, Bobby Marchan, Tarheel Slim, Little Ann, Robert Ward, Bobby Lester, Little Royal, Buddy Bailey, Jimmy Jules

Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (12-string guitar, vocal)

Prince (all instruments, vocal), The New Power Generation, Lloyd Thompson (background vocal, bass guitar), Tommy Barbarella (keyboards, sampler), Rosie Gaines (background vocal, organ, sampler), Michael Bland (drums), Kirk Johnson (background vocal, percussion), Damon Dickson (background vocal, percussion), Tony Mosley (background vocal), Elisa Fiorillo (vocal), Jevetta Steele (vocal), J.D. Steele (vocal), Jearlyn Steele (vocal), Janice V. Steele (vocal), Fred Steele (vocal), Prince & The New Power Generation with Eric Leeds, Eric Leeds (flute)

Prince (all instruments, vocal), Cat Glover (vocal), Sheila E. (drums), Eric Leeds (saxophone), Atlanta Bliss (trumpet)

Prince (all instruments, vocal), The New Power Generation, Tony Mosley (rap, background vocal), Levi Seacer, Jr. (guitar), Lloyd Thompson (bass guitar), Tommy Barbarella (keyboards), Michael Bland (drums), Damon Dickson (background vocal), Kirk Johnson (background vocal), D.J. Grave (scratches), Airiq Anest (programmer), Mayte Garcia (background vocal), Steve Strand (trumpet), Michael Nelson (trombone), Kathy Jensen (baritone saxophone), Dave Jensen (trumpet), Brian Gallagher (tenor saxophone), Kirstie Alley (speaker), Michael Koppelman (bass guitar), Eric Leeds (saxophone), Carmen Electra (rap), J.D. Steele (background vocal), Fred Steele (background vocal), Jevetta Steele (background vocal), Janice Steele (background vocal), Jearlyn Steele (background vocal), Clare Fischer

Diedrich Bader, "Weird Al" Yankovic (accordion, vocal), Jim "Kimo" West (guitar, background vocal, synthesizer), Steve Jay (bass, keyboards), Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion), "Musical Mike" Kieffer (clapping), Rick Derringer (guitar), Pat Regan (keyboards), Ruben Valtierra (keyboards), Wayne Bergeron (trumpet), Tom Evans (saxophone), Monique Donnelly (background vocal), Scottie Haskell (background vocal), Lisa Popeil (background vocal), The Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band, Cory Pesaturo, The Emeralds, Skunk Barf, César Ramírez, Omar Estrada, & Cesar Chavira, Cesar Chavira

Dan Hartman, Patti LaBelle, Jackie Moore, Melba Moore, Stanley Clarke (bass guitar), Marilyn McCoo, Gladys Knight (background vocal, vocal), Sly & The Family Stone, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Santana, Johnny Mathis, Marlena Shaw, Barbra Streisand, Cheap Trick, Sly Stone, Angela Clemmons, KC & The Sunshine Band, Sarah Dash, Michael Bolton, Nigel Olsson, Edgar Winter, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Merald "Bubba" Knight (background vocal, vocal), Rickey Smith (keyboards), Joey Gallo (keyboards), William Guest (background vocal, vocal), Edward Potten (background vocal, vocal), Sam Dees (background vocal), Ernest Reed (guitar), Wardell Potts Jr. (drums), Vincent Brantley (drums), Isaias Gamboa (keyboards), Leon Sylvers III (bass), Valerie Simpson (piano), Eric Gale (guitar), Jimmy Simpson (percussion), Chris Parker (drums), Philip Woo (synthesizer), Francisco Centeno (bass), George Young (tenor saxophone), Dexter Wansel (keyboards, synthesizer), Instant Funk (all instruments), Carla Benson (background vocal), Evette Benton (background vocal), Barbara Ingram (background vocal), MFSB (horn, strings), Stephen Stills

The O'Jays

Street Corner Symphony

Teddy Pendergrass

Cynthia DeMari Biggs El (tambourine, background vocal), Dexter Wansel (keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, drums, vocal, lead vocalist, percussion), Herb Smith (drums, guitar, background vocal, cowbell, lead vocalist), The Jones Girls (lead vocalist, background vocal), Miguel Fuentes (percussion), Jimmy Williams (bass), Quinton Joseph (drums), Terri Wells (vocal, background vocal), Barbara Ingram (background vocal), Becki Butler (background vocal), Carla Benson (background vocal), Carolyn Holloway (background vocal), City Brown (background vocal), Evette Benton (background vocal), Shirley Collins (background vocal), Terry Price (background vocal), Willis Fox (background vocal), Steve Green (bass), Bobby Malach (tenor saxophone), Pete Rudd (cowbell), Mark Rubin (guitar), Jim Gallagher (vibra-slap), Karen Wortham (background vocal), Willie Williams (saxophone)

The Beers Family

Doc Severinsen, Doc Severinsen & His Orchestra, Mickey Crofford (english horn), Dick Hyman

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, Larry Washington (bongos), Larry Washington (congas), Earl Young (drums), Ronnie Baker (bass), Sam Reed (horn), Leonard Pakula (organ), Norman Harris (guitar), Leon Huff (piano), Roland Chambers (guitar), Bobby Eli (guitar), Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Sharon Paige, Theodore Pendergrass Jr., Laurence Brown, Bernard Wilson, Jerry Cummings, Lloyd Parks, Theodore Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Sharon Paige (vocal)

Prince (all instruments, vocal), Doctor Fink (synthesizer), Lisa Coleman (background vocal)

Prince (all instruments, vocal), Lisa Coleman (background vocal, keyboards), Doctor Fink (keyboards), Bobby Z (drums)

The O'Jays

The O'Jays, Bobby Eli (guitar), Leon Huff (piano), Norman Harris (guitar), T.J. Tindall (guitar), Reginald Lucas (guitar), Roland Chambers (guitar), Larry Washington (bongos, congas, percussion), Earl Young (drums), Norman Farrington (drums), Karl Chambers (drums), Eddie Green (piano), Harold Williams (piano), Lenny Pakula (organ), Ronnie Baker (bass), Anthony Jackson (bass), Don Renaldo (horn)

Bessie Smith (vocal), Fletcher Henderson (piano), Don Redman (clarinet, alto saxophone), Gary Pacheco (director), Fred Longshaw (piano), Shelton Hemphill (cornet), Clarence Williams (piano), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Joe Smith (cornet), James Johnson (piano), James P. Johnson (piano), Charlie Dixon (banjo), Jimmy Harrison (trombone), Coleman Hawkins (clarinet), Bessie Smith And Her Band, Charlie Green (trombone), Porter Grainger (guitar, piano), Lincoln Conaway (guitar), Ernest Elliott (alto saxophone, clarinet), Tom Ladnier (cornet), Demas Dean (cornet), Bob Fuller (clarinet)

Miles Davis (trumpet), Paul Chambers (bass), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Bill Evans (piano)

MFSB, The Three Degrees (vocal), The O'Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Intruders, Teddy Pendergrass, People's Choice, The Trammps, Jimmy Ellis (vocal), Earl Young (drums, vocal), Doc Wade (guitar, vocal), Stan Wade (bass, vocal), John Hart (organ, vocal), Ron Kersey (piano, vocal), Dennis Harris (guitar), Michael Thompson (drums), John Davis (saxophone), Roger Stevens (trumpet), Fred Jointer (trombone), Billy Paul, Archie Bell & The Drells, Lou Rawls (vocals), Johnny Williams, Robert Upchurch, John Davis & The Monster Orchestra (saxophone), Thom Bell (horn, strings), Jean Carn, The Futures, Bobby Martin (horn, strings)

George Benson (electric guitar), Emanuel Green (violin), Harold Kohon (violin), Harry Glickman (violin), Max Ellen (violin), Sue Evans (percussion), David Nadien (violin), Paul Gershman (violin), John Pintavalle (violin), Alan Shulman (cello), Charles McCracken (cello), Theodore Israel (viola), Max Pollikoff (violin), Harold Coletta (viola), David Friedman (vibraphone), Andy Newmark (drums), Randy Brecker (trumpet), Fred Wesley (trombone), David Sanborn (alto saxophone), Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), Don Grolnick (clavichord), Eric Gale (guitar), Bobby Lyle (keyboards), Joe Farrell (flute), Frank Vicari (tenor saxophone), Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone), Gary King (bass), George Benson (guitar), Steve Gadd (drums), Romeo Penque (flute), David Tofani (flute), Roland Hanna (keyboards), Dennis Davis (vibraphone), Ronnie Foster (keyboards), Wilbur Bascomb (bass), Phil Upchurch (guitar), Cliff Carter (keyboards), Don Grolnick (keyboards) David Matthews

Herb Ellis (guitar), The All Stars, Israel Crosby (bass), Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Ray Bryant (piano), Herb Ellis & The All Stars, Gus Johnson (drums), Jimmy Rowser (bass), Frank Assunto (trumpet)

Herb Ellis

Lou Rawls

Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Tribal Tech, Scott Henderson

Frasis

Grupo Algo Nuevo

Michael Bloomfield (guitar, vocal), Mike Johnson (guitar), Norman Mayell (drums), Brian Friedman (piano), Sid Warner (bass), Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica), Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield (harmonica, vocal), Mike Bloomfield (guitar), Elvin Bishop (guitar), Billy Davenport (drums), Mark Naftalin (organ, piano), Jerome Arnold (bass), The Electric Flag, Nick Gravenites (percussion, vocal), Sivuca (guitar, percussion), Buddy Miles (drums), Barry Goldberg (keyboards, piano), Herbie Rich (keyboards, tenor saxophone), Mike Fonfara (keyboards), Harvey Brooks (bass), Peter Strazza (tenor saxophone), Marcus Doubleday (trumpet), Adam Block (director), Adam Sieff (director), Al Kooper (organ, piano), Eddie "Fast" Hoh (drums), Skip Prokop (drums), John Kahn (bass), Michael Melford (guitar), The Ace Of Cups (vocal), Diane Tribuno (vocal), Orville Rhodes (steel guitar), Bob Jones (drums), Ira Kamin (organ, piano), Ron Ruby (organ), Richard Santi (accordion), Ron Stallings (tenor saxophone), Gerald Oshita (baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone), Noel Jewkis (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone), Mark Teel (baritone saxophone), John Wilmeth (trumpet), Dino Andino (congas), Snooky Flowers (baritone saxophone)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Norah Jones (piano), Norah Jones (vocal), The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Benny Goodman Sextet, Sid Weiss (bass), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Lou McGarity (trombone), Mel Powell (piano), Tom Morgan (guitar), Ralph Collier (drums), Wynton Marsalis (director), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Doug Wamble (electric guitar), Count Basie (piano), Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (drums), Freddie Green (guitar), Sam Bush (mandolin), Joshua Bell (violin), Edgar Meyer (bass), Mike Marshall (guitar), Bing Crosby (vocal), Les Paul (guitar), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Bill Charlap (piano), Kay Starr (vocal), Capitol International Jazzmen, Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Bill Coleman (trumpet), Benny Carter (alto saxophone), Oscar Moore (guitar), Max Roach (drums), Nat King Cole (piano), John Kirby (bass), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leo Suzuki (viola), Nicholas Cords (viola), Edward Arron (cello), Todd Reynolds (violin), Colin Jacobsen (violin), Sandeep Das (tabla), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Mark O'Conner (violin), Doug Wamble (guitar), Kalle Randalu (piano), Count Basie & His Orchestra, Buck Clayton (trumpet), Jack Washington (baritone saxophone), Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone), Harry Edison (trumpet), Ed Lewis (trumpet), Ed Cuffee (trombone), Eli Robinson (trombone), Robert Scott (trombone), Al Killian (trumpet), Don Byas (tenor saxophone), Tab Smith (soprano saxophone), Tab Smith (alto saxophone), Earl Warren (alto saxophone), Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Barney Bigard (tenor saxophone), Otto Hardwick (clarinet), Harry Carney (clarinet), Arthur Whetsol (trumpet), Otto Hardwick (alto saxophone), Freddie Jenkins (trumpet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Joe Nanton (trombone), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone), Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Duke Ellington (piano), Freddie Guy (guitar), Sonny Greer (drums), Wellman Braud (bass), Harry Carney (alto saxophone), Columbia String Orchestra (with harp and piano) (clarinet), The King Cole Trio, Johnny Miller (bass), Nat King Cole (vocal) Leonard Slatkin, Aaron Copland

James Taylor feat. Chris Botti on trumpet, James Taylor (guitar, vocal), Kate Markowitz (background vocal), Chris Botti (trumpet), David Lasley (background vocal), Arnold McCuller (background vocal), John Pizzarelli (guitar), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Dave Grusin (piano, celeste), Bruce Dukov (violin), Clayton Haslop (violin), Julie Ann Gigante (violin), Tamara Hatwan (violin), Sara Parkins (violin), Jacqueline Brand (violin), Natalie Leggett (violin), Kenneth Yerke (violin), Josefina Vergara (violin), Katia Popov (violin), Alan Grunfeld (violin), Claudia Parducci (violin), Margaret Wooten (violin), Dave Carpenter (bass), Ed Meares (bass), Roland Kato (viola), Brian Dembow (viola), Victoria Miskolczy (viola), Marlow Fisher (viola), Karen Elaine Bakunin (viola), Stephen Erdody (cello), Cecilia Tsan (cello), Paula Hochhalter (cello), Dan Higgins (flute), Gary Gray (clarinet), Phil Ayling (english horn, oboe), Ralph Williams (bass clarinet), Michael Landau (guitar), George Doering (guitar), Luis Conte (percussion), Jimmy Johnson (bass), Larry Goldings (harmonica, piano, harmonium, accordion, glockenspiel), Natalie Cole, Steve Gadd (drums), Clifford Carter (synthesizer), James Taylor feat. Toots Theilemans on harmonica, Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Andrea Zonn (background vocal), Caroline Taylor (background vocal), Mike Fisher (percussion)

Earl Hines & his Orchestra, Earl Hines Quartet, Earl Hines (piano)

Prince (vocal), Sonny T. (bass guitar), Mr. Hayes (keyboards), Tommy Barbarella (keyboards), Michael B (drums), Eric Leeds (saxophone), Kathleen Dyson (guitar), Ricky P (keyboards), Eve (vocal), Prince feat. Ani DiFranco, Ani DiFranco (guitar), Sonny T (bass), Susannah Melvoin (background vocal), Kip Blackshire (vocal), The Hornheadz, Milenia (vocal), Larry Graham (bass), Kip Blackshire (background vocal), Stokley Williams (background vocal), Clare Fischer (strings), Chance Howard (background vocal), Michael B. (drums), Mayte (background vocal), Joshua Dunham (bass guitar), C.C. Dunham (drums), Rosie Gaines (background vocal), Kirk Johnson (drums), Marva King (background vocal), Mike Scott (guitar), Liv Warfield (background vocal), Shelby J (background vocal), Elisa Dease (background vocal), Ray Monteiro (horn), Greg Boyer (horn), Maceo Parker (horn), Prince (guitar), Eric Leeds (keyboards), Eric Leeds (tenor saxophone), Greg Boyer (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Candy Dulfer (saxophone), Rhonda Smith (bass), Renato Neto (keyboards), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass guitar), Bria Valente (background vocal), Tamar Davis (background vocal), Prince (director), Vanessa Mae (violin), Christian Scott (trumpet), Prince feat. Angie Stone, Angie Stone (vocal), Mike Phillips (horn), Lee Hogans (horn), Shelby J (vocal), Sonny T. (vocal), Kirk Johnson (programmer), Ricky Peterson (keyboards), Noya Gaye (vocal) Clare Fisher

The Gary Burton Quartet

Memphis Slim (leadvocalist), B.B. King, Riley B. King (leadvocalist), John Lee Hooker (leadvocalist), Lightnin' Hopkins (guitar), Champion Jack Dupree (leadvocalist), Jimmy Reed (leadvocalist), Otis Spann (leadvocalist), Willie Dixon (leadvocalist), Sonny Boy Williamson (leadvocalist), Ray Charles (leadvocalist), Sonny Terry (leadvocalist), Brownie McGhee (leadvocalist), Juke Boy Bonner (leadvocalist), Bull Moose Jackson (leadvocalist)

Prince & The New Power Generation, The New Power Generation, Prince (vocal), Najee (saxophone), Greg Boyer (trombone), Renato Neto (keyboards), John Blackwell (drums), Rhonda Smith (bass)

Lightnin' Hopkins (guitar), Lightnin' Hopkins and The Blues Summit, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin’ Hopkins

Prince (vocal)

Brownie McGhee (leadvocalist), Sonny Terry (leadvocalist)

Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston (leadvocalist), Sonny Terry, Pete Seeger, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (guitar), Josh White

MFSB

Bobby Ingano, Genoa Keawe, The Royal Hawaiian Serenaders, Mike Kaawa, Ledward Kaapana & Mike Kaawa, Cyril Pahinui (guitar), Fleetwood Mac, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Tallest Man On Earth, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Evening Hymns, Radical Face, The Blue Nile, Beck

Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown, Clifford Brown (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone), Jean-Louis Viale (drums), Pierre Michelot (bass), Henri Renaud (piano), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Clifford Solomon (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Gourley (guitar), Clifford Brown Quartet, Benny Bennett (drums)

Stanley Wilson

Grover Washington Jr., Grover Washington, Jr. (alto saxophone), Paul Griffin (piano), Richard Tee (keyboards), Jon Faddis (trumpet), Richard Tee (synthesizer), Cameron Brown (bass), Scott Scheer (drums), Gary King (bass), Allen Rubin (trumpet), Randy Brecker (trumpet), Jr. (tenor saxophone), Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone)

Kenny Loggins, Journey, Paul Collins, The Beat, Paul Collins & The Beat, Johnny Mandel, Hilly Michaels

Art Van Damme, The Art Van Damme Quintet

The Dave Bailey Sextet, Horace Parlan (piano), Junior Cook (tenor saxophone), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Dave Bailey (drums), Peck Morrison (bass guitar), Clark Terry (trumpet)

Stan Getz

George Duke (keyboards), Manolo Badrena (congas), Manolo Badrena (bongos), Manolo Badrena (percussion), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (drums), Raul De Souza (trombone), Charles Icarus Johnson (guitar), Sybil Thomas (vocal), George Duke (vocal), Deborah Thomas (vocal), Dee Henrichs (vocal), Byron Miller (bass), Charles Icarus Johnson (vocal), Petsye Powell (background vocal), Sheila Escuvedo (vocal), Sheila Escuvedo (percussion), Pattie Brooks (background vocal), Charles Johnson (guitar), Carol Shive (violin), Leon Chancler (drums), Napolean Murphy Brock (vocal), Josie James (vocal), George Duke (piano), Gary Herbig (saxophone), Jerry Hey (trumpet), Bill Reichenbach (trombone), Gary Grant (trumpet), Paulinho da Costa (percussion), George Duke (synthesizer), Mike Sembello (guitar)

Earl Hines & his Orchestra, Madeline Green (vocal), The Three Varieties (vocal), Earl Hines (piano), Leroy Harris (vocal), Billy Eckstine (vocal), Madeline Greene and the Three Varieties (vocal), Franck Foster (tenor saxophone), Frank Wess (flute), Marshall Royal (alto saxophone), Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophone), Frank Wess (alto saxophone), Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone), George Duvivier (bass), Sonny Payne (drums), Freddie Green (guitar), Benny Powell (trombone), Al Grey (trombone), Count Basie (piano), Snooky Young (trumpet), Joe Newman (trumpet), Thad Jones (trumpet), Wendell Culley (trumpet), Henry Cooker (trombone), Arthur Walker (vocal)