Edward “PYE” Williams
A native of Washington, DC Edward “PYE” Williams played guitar with some of the greatest artist around. Some of the singers he played with were Luther Ingram, Billy Stewart and Wilson Pickett. He also played with Saxophonist Bobby Sax
Joe Phillips
Guitarist-Arranger-Conductor Also known as “The Master Conductor”, started playing the guitar as a teenager. After graduating from Eastern High School in Washington, D.C.,an opportunity came up to play guitar for a well known R & B recording group called, “The Manhattans”. The Manhattans had the #1 song in the country at the time called “Kiss […]
Woody Woodson
Interview with NBC Channel4 native Washingtonian who played drums for some of the greatest singers in history needs a prosthetic leg to play the way he used to play. Woody Woodson lives in the same Northeast home he’s been in for more than 50 years, most of which he spent playing for artists like the […]
John Phillip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was born in Washington, DC during the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as “The March King” or the “American March King” due to his British counterpartKenneth J. Alford also being known as “The March […]
Corcoran Holt
Corcoran Holt, a son of Washington, DC, began playing djembe and other West African percussion at the age of 4 as a member of Wo’se Dance Company under the tutelage of Baba Aidoo Holmes & Mahiri Edwards. As a keeper of the rhythm, Corcoran began his study of classical acoustic bass at age 10 with […]
Duke Ellington
Ellington Biography Website Duke Ellington called his music “American Music” rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as “beyond category. He remains one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music and is widely considered as one of the twentieth century’s best known African Americanpersonalites. As both a […]
Jimmy Cobb
Wilbur James Cobb (born January 20, 1929, in Washington, D.C. is an American jazz drummer. Probably his most famous work is on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (1959), considered by many to be the quintessential jazz record.[2] Cobb is the last surviving player from the session. He also played on other famous Davis albums, including Sketches of Spain, Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles Davis at […]
Glenn Ellis
Glenn was Born to play GOGO. He grew up on the Far East side of DC in the early 60’s. “Northeast”. He loved music, it was in his blood line. It was in his home, day in and day out. He had uncles that played instruments and had “Bands” even as he was a little […]
Kevin Walker
Kevin started his professional career at 14 years old in 1984 touring with the legendary WILSON PICKET & the Midnight Movers. He has remained in the spotlight for the last twenty years performing with… Recording Artists; PRINCE , JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, PATTI LABELLE, KANYE WEST, T.I, WIILL.I.AM, TIMBERLAND, ANGELA BOFIL, CHUCK BROWN AND THE SOUL SEARCHERS, […]
Mike Scott
Mike Scott is an American musician born and raised in Washington D.C. who worked with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in Minneapolis for 12 years before joining The NPG in 1996. Scott toured extensively with Prince from 1996 to 2001. In 2004, he returned as guitar player in The NPG for the Musicology Live […]
