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Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson (born 4th December 1955) is a U.S. ist and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums, Blue Skies (1988) and New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson's latest album Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.

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Cassie

There are two bands/artists with this name: 1. An American model, R&B singer, and occasional actress
2. A Finnish dream-pop/shoegaze/post-rock band 1. Cassandra Ventura (born on August 26, 1986) is an American model, R&B singer, and occasional actress. She is best known for her single Me & U, which became a hit in the summer of 2006. Cassie was born in New London, Connecticut, United States and moved to New York City and continued modeling; she attended classes at the Broadway Dance Center. Meanwhile, music producer Ryan Leslie spotted her at clubs and parties in late 2004.

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KZA

There are 2 producers using the KZA Moniker: (1) KZA (2) Another KzA is UK producer Kieran Taylor. KzA started off making music in his bedroom many moons ago along with fellow producer Seizmic. Experimenting with new, strange and exciting sounds, It quickly became apparent that it was not just a hobby, he could make something out of it. His early music was an industrial take on Drum and Bass, fast and dark with dirty sounding drums accompanied by filthy bass lines. After several years of producing music his energy has turned towards the sounds of Dubstep.

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J Spaceman

J Spaceman, born 19th of November 1965,(Real name Jason Pierce) is the sole permanent member and leader of Space-rock group Spiritualized, and one half of the creative duo behind Spacemen 3(the other half was Pete Kember, otherwise known as Sonic Boom), who pioneered the shoegazing style back in the eighties. J writes, composes and performs on all the Spiritualized albums, and has also recently released a solo album, Guitar Loops.

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Louise Parker

Growing up in a house filled with music, from the folk, calypso and opera enjoyed by her Jamaican born mother to the trad, swing and be-bop from her jazz-obsessed father, Louise Parker, aptly named after Louis Armstrong, was born to create the sort of soulful jazz she is rapidly gaining a reputation for. A big hit on the festival circuit and a regular on Radio 2’s Best of Jazz, British vocalist, Louise Parker is a powerful live performer and a skilful interpreter of swing, blues and gospel classics. She commits to each song with the warmth, spirit and passion of the great jazz divas.

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Estelle

Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980 in London, United Kingdom) commonly known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle, is an English R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. In 2009, she won a Grammy Award for American Boy featuring Kanye West in the category for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration as well receiving the MOBO for 'Best Newcomer' and received three consecutive 'Best Female Artist' trophies from the UK Hip-Hop Awards.

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