Artists
Though they were not the first to synthesize jazz and hip-hop, Digable Planets epitomized the laid-back charm of jazz hipsters better than any group before or since.
Dimitri from Paris takes inspiration from the Continental jet-setting faux-jazz of the 1950s and early '60s, as well as disco and his long years of experience as a house DJ.
Acknowledged as the artist who put Japanese hip-hop on the map, DJ Krush remains one of the world's most inventive sculptors of lush, atmospheric breakbeats.
DJ Shadow's Josh Davis is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo' Wax label.
Standing beside brilliant DJs from Japan and France, Russia's DJ Vadim has proved to be the most popular advocate of hip-hop to come out of the former Soviet bloc.
Donald Byrd was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-Clifford Brown era and established a reputation as a solid stylist with a clean tone, clear articulation, and a knack for melodicism.
Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the '70s.
Uniting the rhythmic of the jazz-rock with electronic sounds of keyboards and at other times also a saxophone, the band has occupied a fitting place in St. Petersburg musical club culture.