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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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Herbie Hancock
Booker T. & the MG's
Third Coast Kings
The Meters
The Budos Band
Dennis Coffey
MFSB
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Greyboy Allstars
Dâm-Funk
Ed Motta
Dave Koz
Cory Wong
Terrace Martin
More R&B Instrumental Artists
R&B Instrumental Album Highlights
More R&B Instrumental Albums
Booker T. & the MG's
The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Herbie Hancock
The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988
Bar-Kays
The Best of the Bar-Kays [Stax]
Booker T. & the MG's
Melting Pot
Booker T. & the MG's
Green Onions
The Meters
Rejuvenation
The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
James Brown
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
More R&B Instrumental Albums
R&B Instrumental Recent Releases
More Recent Releases
The Budos Band
VII
Pieces of a Dream
We Got This
Khruangbin
A LA SALA
DJ Harrison
Shades of Yesterday
More Recent Releases
R&B Instrumental Song Highlights
More R&B Instrumental Songs
Groovin'
Eddie Brigati
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Felix Cavaliere
Booker T. & the MG's
Hornets [Instrumental]
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Humpin'
James Alexander
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Ben Cauley
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Allen Jones
Bar-Kays
Back Home
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
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
Hey Pocky A-Way
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Fire on the Bayou
Ziggy Modeliste
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Arthur "Red" 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
Them Changes
Buddy Miles
King Curtis
The Birth of the Blues
Buddy DeSylva
King Curtis
More R&B Instrumental Songs
Other Styles in Early R&B
Doo Wop
Motown
New Orleans R&B
R&B Instrumental
Doo Wop
Motown
New Orleans R&B
R&B Instrumental