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Ralph MacDonald

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Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, song-writer, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist. [1]

101 relations: A Song for You (Ron Carter album), Amy Lee (saxophonist), Amy Winehouse, Anything Goes (Ron Carter album), Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Arrangement, Art Garfunkel, Ashford & Simpson, Average White Band, Bandleader, Bernard Purdie, Bill Withers, Billboard Hot 100, Billy Joel, Blues Farm, Bob James (musician), Breakbeat, Breezin', Burt Bacharach, Calypso music, Calypsonian, Carole King, Composer, Coral Reefer Band, David Bowie, David Sanborn, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Don Sebesky, Donny Hathaway, Empire Jazz, End of a Rainbow, Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky, Gábor Szabó, George Benson, Giant Box, Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Grover Washington Jr., Hall & Oates, Harlem, Harry Belafonte, Havana Candy, Hubert Laws, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Journey (Arif Mardin album), Junior Mance, Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song), Keyboard instrument, Laventille, ..., Lift Every Voice and Sing (album), Looking Glass (band), Lung cancer, Luther Vandross, Macho (album), Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Miriam Makeba, Mister Magic, Mizrab (album), Morning Star (Hubert Laws album), Nana Mouskouri, New York Slick, O'Donel Levy, Panorama (music competition), Patti Austin, Paul Desmond, Paul Simon, Percussion instrument, Philanthropy, Pick 'Em, Quincy Jones, Record producer, Roberta Flack, Ron Carter, Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), Saxophone, Shirley Scott, Skylark (Paul Desmond album), Something (Shirley Scott album), Songwriter, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie, Spanish Blue (album), Stage name, Stamford, Connecticut, Steelpan, Steely Dan, Subway Serenade, Sunflower (Milt Jackson album), That Lovin' Feelin', The Brothers Johnson, The Chicago Theme, The New York Times, Thoroughbred (album), Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans, Ultimate Breaks and Beats, Virtuoso, Weekend in L.A., Where Is the Love (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song), Will Smith. Expand index (51 more) »

A Song for You (Ron Carter album)

A Song for You is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1978 and released on the Milestone label.

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Amy Lee (saxophonist)

Amy Lee is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger.

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Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter.

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Anything Goes (Ron Carter album)

Anything Goes is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in New Jersey in 1975 and released on the Kudu label.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Arif Mardin

Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor.

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Ashford & Simpson

Ashford & Simpson were a husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946).

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Average White Band

Average White Band (also AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980.

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Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop group or jazz quartet.

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Bernard Purdie

Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, considered an influential and innovative funk musician.

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Bill Withers

William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Blues Farm

Blues Farm is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in New Jersey in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

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Bob James (musician)

Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer.

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Breakbeat

Breakbeat is a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music which utilizes breaks, often sampled from earlier recordings in funk, jazz and R&B, for the main rhythm.

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Breezin'

Breezin is a studio album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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Calypso music

Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and eventually spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.

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Calypsonian

A calypsonian, originally known as a chantwell, is a musician, from the anglophone Caribbean, who sings songs of the calypso genre.

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Carole King

Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Coral Reefer Band

The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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David Sanborn

David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist.

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Desperadoes Steel Orchestra

The Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, also called Despers, are a steelband from Laventille in Trinidad, formed in 1945.

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Don Sebesky

Don Sebesky (born December 10, 1937) is an American jazz trombonist, keyboardist and arranger.

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Donny Hathaway

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and pianist.

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Empire Jazz

Empire Jazz is an album by bassist Ron Carter featuring jazz interpretations of five of John Williams' themes from The Empire Strikes Back which was recorded in 1980 and released on the RSO label.

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End of a Rainbow

End of a Rainbow is the debut album by American vocalist and songwriter Patti Austin recorded in 1976 and released on the CTI label.

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Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky is an album by American jazz guitarist O'Donel Levy recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.

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Gábor Szabó

Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music.

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George Benson

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Giant Box

Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was awarded between 1966 and 2011 (the final year it was awarded, for recordings issued in 2010).

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Grover Washington Jr.

Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist.

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Hall & Oates

Daryl Hall and John Oates, often referred to as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist.

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Havana Candy

Havana Candy is the second album by American vocalist and songwriter Patti Austin recorded in 1977 and released on the CTI label.

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Hubert Laws

Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres.

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James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Jimmy Buffett

James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American musician, songwriter, author, actor, and businessman.

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Journey (Arif Mardin album)

Journey is the second album released by record producer Arif Mardin as leader.

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Junior Mance

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (known as Junior Mance, born October 10, 1928) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song)

"Just the Two of Us" is a 1981 R&B single written by Bill Withers, William Salter and Ralph MacDonald, and recorded by Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Laventille

Laventille is a ward of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Lift Every Voice and Sing (album)

Lift Every Voice and Sing is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach with the J.C. White Singers recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Looking Glass (band)

Looking Glass was an American pop music group of the early 1970s that was part of the Jersey Shore sound.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Macho (album)

Macho is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released on the Salvation label.

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Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer.

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Milt Jackson

Milton "Bags" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms.

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Miriam Makeba

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil-rights activist.

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Mister Magic

Mister Magic is the fourth album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., released in February 1975.

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Mizrab (album)

Mizrab is an album by Hungarian guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1972 and released on the CTI label.

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Morning Star (Hubert Laws album)

Morning Star is an album by flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1972.

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Nana Mouskouri

Iōánna Moúschouri (Ιωάννα Μούσχουρη;; born October 13, 1934), known professionally as Nana Mouskouri (Νάνα Μούσχουρη), is a Greek singer.

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New York Slick

New York Slick is an album by bassist Ron Carter which was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1979 and released on the Milestone label the following year.

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O'Donel Levy

O'Donel Levy (20 September 1945 – 14 March 2016) was a jazz and funk guitarist from Baltimore, Maryland.

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Panorama (music competition)

Panorama is an annual music competition of steelbands from Trinidad and Tobago.

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Patti Austin

Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B, pop and jazz singer.

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Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, "Take Five".

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy means the love of humanity.

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Pick 'Em

Pick 'Em is an album by bassist Ron Carter which was recorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1978 and released on the Milestone label in 1980.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Roberta Flack

Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer.

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Ron Carter

Ronald Levin "Ron" Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist.

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Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Shirley Scott

Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) - accessed May 2010 was an African-American hard bop and soul-jazz organist.

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Skylark (Paul Desmond album)

Skylark is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring Gábor Szabó recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

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Something (Shirley Scott album)

Something is an album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soul Is... Pretty Purdie

Soul Is...

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Spanish Blue (album)

Spanish Blue is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in New Jersey in 1974 and released on the CTI label.

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Stage name

A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers, such as actors, comedians, singers and musicians.

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Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Steelpan

Steelpans (also known as steel drums or pans, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steel band or orchestra) is a musical instrument originating from Trinidad and Tobago.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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Subway Serenade

Subway Serenade was the second and final album released by the band Looking Glass.

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Sunflower (Milt Jackson album)

Sunflower is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1972 and released on the CTI label.

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That Lovin' Feelin'

That Lovin' Feelin is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Milestone label in 1972.

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The Brothers Johnson

The Brothers Johnson were an American funk, Motown and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs").

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The Chicago Theme

The Chicago Theme is an album by flautist Hubert Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in New Jersey in 1974 and released in 1975 on the CTI label.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thoroughbred (album)

Thoroughbred is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1976.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

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Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans

Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans (also known as Trinbagonian Americans) are Americans of full or partial Trinidadian or Tobagonian ancestry or immigrants born in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Ultimate Breaks and Beats

Ultimate Breaks and Beats (also commonly abbreviated as UBB) was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records edited by "BreakBeat Lou" Flores.

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Virtuoso

A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso or, "virtuous", Late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus, "virtue", "excellence", "skill", or "manliness") is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or composition.

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Weekend in L.A.

Weekend in L.A. is a 1978 live album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.

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Where Is the Love (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song)

"Where Is the Love" is a popular song written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter, and recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper, comedian, and songwriter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_MacDonald

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