The Earth Has a Soul

Pave The Earth is a 1900 sampler CD made by A&M Records. It explores new and then-upcoming music the label had worked on or were working to release, with material from Soundgarden, Blues Traveler, Del Amitri, Intelligent Hoodlum, Sun Ra. Suzanne Vega, and many more.

Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, dance, Latin, and Afro pop. They have been described as one of the most innovative and are among the most commercially successful acts of all time.Rolling Stone called them "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop".[6] VH1 has also described EWF as "one of the greatest bands" ever

Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, dance, Latin, and Afro pop. They have been described as one of the most innovative and are among the most commercially successful acts of all time.Rolling Stone called them "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop".[6] VH1 has also described EWF as "one of the greatest bands" ever

Jazzthetik and ME/Sounds author Michael Möhring delved into the extensive archives of the renowned labels Prestige, Fantasy, Milestone and Stax to unearth plenty of groovy to easy loungy flared trousers and organ jazz for this ultimately successful and appealingly designed compilation Promote: 14 tracks from the original Blaxploitation era 1965-1975 and two remakes from the peak of the "acid jazz" boom in 1995, including Jack McDuff & George Benson, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Isaac Hayes, Gene Ammons, Charles Earland, Kenny Burrell, Cannonball Adderley, Ron Holloway & Gil Scott-Heron, Funk Inc., and Donald Byrd's Blackbyrds. A not to be scoffed at supplement for those who can't get enough of this kind of funky groove jazz stuff.

Limited 13 CD set. With a cannon of more than 20 albums, Kool & the Gang are one of the most sampled Bands in music history. From their roots in the mid-late '60s, the Band has explored many musical styles from jazz and soul, funk and rock, R&B/Pop, with Gene Redd at the helm for their first handful of albums. The Albums 1 1970-1978 is the first of two box sets that cover the Band's first 20 years. The set contains 119 tracks across 13 CDs, from the Band's twelve studio and live albums, released worldwide from 1970's debut Kool & the Gang and 1978's Everybody's Dancin', as well as a bonus Singles Selection disc, containing singles edits and non-LP tracks. Kool & the Gang's musical legacy remains in full force with their brand of melodic jazz, funk soul and pop.

Sony Music released a soul music compilation CD in 1997 in honor of Black History Month called A Soul Product Of Our Environment. It features music by Teena Marie, Grover Washington Jr., Aretha Franklin, Branford Marsalis as Buckshot Lefonque, Patti LaBelle and many more.