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R&B
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Early R&B
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R&B Instrumental
Overview
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R&B Instrumental Artist Highlights
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Dennis Coffey
Greyboy Allstars
Ikebe Shakedown
Booker T. & the MG's
Mindi Abair
Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers
The Meters
Bar-Kays
Terrace Martin
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Adrian Younge
MFSB
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Karl Denson
More R&B Instrumental Artists
R&B Instrumental Album Highlights
More R&B Instrumental Albums
Herbie Hancock
The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988
Bar-Kays
The Best of the Bar-Kays [Stax]
Booker T. & the MG's
Green Onions
Booker T. & the MG's
Melting Pot
The Meters
Rejuvenation
The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
James Brown
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
King Curtis
Live at the Fillmore West
More R&B Instrumental Albums
R&B Instrumental Recent Releases
More Recent Releases
Ed Motta
Behind the Tea Chronicles
Orions Belte
Women
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
JID019 Instrumentals
Yussef Dayes
Black Classical Music
More Recent Releases
R&B Instrumental Song Highlights
More R&B Instrumental Songs
Hornets [Instrumental]
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Humpin'
James Alexander
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Ben Cauley
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Allen Jones
Bar-Kays
Green Onions
Steve Cropper
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
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Lewie Steinberg
Booker T. & the MG's
Melting Pot
Steve Cropper
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Donald "Duck" Dunn
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
People Say
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Cyril Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talk to Me, Talk to Me
Joe Seneca
James Brown
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Gary Brooker
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Keith Reid
King Curtis
The Birth of the Blues
Buddy DeSylva
King Curtis
You Can't Sit Down
Dee Clark
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Kal Mann
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Cornell Muldrow
Bar-Kays
More R&B Instrumental Songs
Other Styles in Early R&B
Doo Wop
Motown
New Orleans R&B
R&B Instrumental
Doo Wop
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R&B Instrumental
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