Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

An artist primarily concerned with light and space.He is best known for his work in progress, Roden

An artist primarily concerned with light and space.He is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater. Located outside Flagstaff, Arizona, Turrell is turning this natural cinder volcanic crater into a massive naked-eye observatory, designed specifically for the viewing of celestial phenomena. His other works usually enclose the viewer in order to control their perception of light; a James Turrell skyspace is an enclosed room large enough for roughly 15 people. Inside,

An Australian painter known for his sensitive depictions of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landsc

An Australian painter known for his sensitive depictions of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes.Wigley studied at the School of Fine Arts in North Adelaide with F. Millward Grey. During 1939 he spent time with his old school friend, the anthropologist, Ronald Berndt, at Murray Bridge, where he completed a series of portrait drawings of local people. He moved to Melbourne in 1941 where he joined an army survey regiment, then a unit making relief maps and model aeroplanes used to train officers. Wigley exhibited in the 1942 Anti-Fascist exhibition held in Melbourne where he became friends with Noel Counihan and other social realist painters and writers. After his discharge from the army in 1943 he travelled to the Northern Territory to join Ronald Berndt at Daly River. During this time he completed a number of drawings of outback camp life.

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel H

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs.

Is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and frontman of the band, Starsailor. He's well known fo

Is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and frontman of the band, Starsailor. He's well known for being a huge supporter of Liverpool F.C.When Walsh was aged 12 he started to play the piano and by the time he was 14 he wrote his own songs; he enjoyed

Was a painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.Ward devoted much of the period 1815-1821 to

Was a painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.Ward devoted much of the period 1815-1821 to the painting of a gigantic work titled Waterloo Allegory (now lost); this neither was much praised nor brought in the revenue Ward had hoped for. The experience may have embittered him, and the deaths of his first wife and a daughter were among other tragedies. Like many artists of the time, Ward sought commissions from wealthy gentry of their favorite horses or their children.One such family that Ward painted and drew repeatedly, and whom he counted among his friends, were the Levett family of Staffordshire. One of Ward's best-known portraits was his "Theophilus Levett Hunting at Wychnor, Staffordshire" of 1817.[1] Ward also painted a group portrait of three Levett children -- John, Theophilus and Frances Levett.[2] (For the Levetts, see link to the Ward exhibit at the Yale Center for British Art.)[3]

Is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing

Is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in the English rock band, Slade.

Is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "isla

Is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" (No. 234 on the list of "Songs of the Century"), and "Come Monday." He has a devoted base of fans known as "Parrotheads." His band is called the Coral Reefer Band.

Is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is also a two-time game show host, most nota

Is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is also a two-time game show host, most notably for his role as the host of Fandango on TNN.

Best known as James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singe

Best known as James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.Darren began his career as a teen idol, having been discovered by talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick. This encompassed roles in films, most notably his role as Moondoggie in Gidget in 1959, as well as a string of pop hits for Colpix Records, the biggest of which was "Goodbye Cruel World" (#3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961)

Is an American jazz saxophonist and music educator. His "Play-A-Long" series of instructional book a

Is an American jazz saxophonist and music educator. His "Play-A-Long" series of instructional book and CD collections, using the chord-scale system, the first of which was released in 1967, are an internationally renowned resource for jazz education. As o

An American child singer and actress. She has sometimes been billed as just Jamia.Nash was born in V

An American child singer and actress. She has sometimes been billed as just Jamia.Nash was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She began singing at the age of two; her first national appearance was on Showtime at the Apollo in 2002, where she sang the Alicia Keys song "Fallin'". She performed at the 2003 Essence Awards, singing Michael Jackson's "Who's Lovin You" honoring Mary J Blige. She and her younger sister Olivia sing the hook in the song "Black Girl Pain" on Talib Kweli's 2004 album The Beautiful Struggle; she also sings in the hook for "U, Black, Maybe" on Common's 2007 album Finding Forever.

He is a singer/ songwriter and has so far recorded three tracks titled 'Flip-Flops on her Brown Feet

He is a singer/ songwriter and has so far recorded three tracks titled 'Flip-Flops on her Brown Feet', 'Hangover' and 'Oh Suzie', from his forthcoming album 'A Megatonic Journey to the Middle'. His long term plans involve recording more material and endea

She rose to fame in 1999 singing lead vocals with the all-girl band Hepburn. When they disbanded aft

She rose to fame in 1999 singing lead vocals with the all-girl band Hepburn. When they disbanded after only one album, Jamie went solo and released her own album on the Concept Music label. She was later dropped and had three unreleased singles produced[1].

Is a former and founding member of Faithless. He was the ballad singer/songwriter, and became Art Di

Is a former and founding member of Faithless. He was the ballad singer/songwriter, and became Art Director and Video Director of the band before leaving in 1999 to form the double-Grammy nominated, global music and film project 1 Giant Leap. His last album with Faithless was Sunday 8PM. He is also known as a photographer, script editor and creative catalyst.

Is a British pop and jazz-pop singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist and drummer.Cullum was born at

Is a British pop and jazz-pop singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist and drummer.Cullum was born at Romford Hospital in Essex. He was brought up in Hullavington, Wiltshire. Educated at the independent fee-paying Grittleton House School and the sixth form at Sheldon School. He then went on to study English Literature, and minored in Film Studies, at Reading University where he graduated with 1st Class Honours.

Is a musician and soul singer. He also has a group with Cristian Vogel called Super Collider.Lidell

Is a musician and soul singer. He also has a group with Cristian Vogel called Super Collider.Lidell is known for layering tracks made with his voice into a microphone and performing the percussion and melody as a sequenced, beatboxing one-man band. Then o

Is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. Her parent

Is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. Her parents, Jimmy and Julie Murphy, were also professional musicians. O'Neal reached the summit of the Billboard country charts with her first two singles, "There I

Is an Australian television presenter and pop singer. Redfern was a founding member of the Australia

Is an Australian television presenter and pop singer. Redfern was a founding member of the Australian show Young Talent Time and currently presents Jamie Redfern's Rascals, which can be viewed on Aurora TV. He is also the director of the Australian Showbusiness Academy.

Is a British singer. He writes and produces his music under the name "J.S. Baylin" and is the singer

Is a British singer. He writes and produces his music under the name "J.S. Baylin" and is the singer and writer behind the band Jamie Scott and the Town. His music is heavily influenced by 1970s artists like Cat Stevens and James Taylor, and also by neo-s

Is an American icedancer. Her most recent partner was Ryan O'Meara, with whom she is the 2006 U.S. b

Is an American icedancer. Her most recent partner was Ryan O'Meara, with whom she is the 2006 U.S. bronze medalist and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Prior to skating with O'Meara, Silverstein competed with Justin Pekarek, with whom she won the 199

He was one of the first male pop singers to sell his music and CDs through his own Independent recor

He was one of the first male pop singers to sell his music and CDs through his own Independent record label on the internet. A long time before music platforms such as Napster and Kazaa became famous, he had already started to market his music through the world wide web. His official website went online in 1997, a long time before most major superstars went online with their own official websites (such as George Michael or Madonna who both went online with their own websites three years later than Stevens).

Is a 23-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London. He attended The Hall School

Is a 23-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London. He attended The Hall School Wimbledon and then Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey, England until he was 16 and is currently signed to Virgin Records, but released his Betty and the Self

Was born to Assyrian parents and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father started to teach him the

Was born to Assyrian parents and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father started to teach him the oud when he was around six years old, as his father was a singer, oud player and oud maker. When the Iraqi Music Institute opened in 1936, Jamil enrolled to learn oud with Sherif Muheddin Haydar and violin with Sando Alio. He finished his oud study in 1943 and his violin study in 1946, and then worked at the Institute as an oud and violin teacher. He also wrote a two-volume oud method. Jamil Bachir was also a good singer, but he did not continue singing as he preferred the oud. He died in London on 27 September 1977.

She is the latest R&B/Rap solo female artist to the TUG roster headed by Chris Stokes, creator of th

She is the latest R&B/Rap solo female artist to the TUG roster headed by Chris Stokes, creator of the groups B2K and Immature. She has four siblings: Miyoko (sister), Miyagi (brother), Jahi (brother), and Jhene (sister).She is African American, Native-American, and Japanese. Her sister is singer Jhene and cousin is rapper Lil Fizz. Mila J began rapping at age 4. At the age of 7 she and her oldest sister appeared in the Prince video for 'Diamonds And Pearls'. She met Chris Stokes when she was just nine years old after her sister had appeared in an Immature video. He eventually made her a member of his now-defunct girl group, Dame Four. She has said "I went to school for fashion, but singing and dancing are in my heart

Was an Indian painter from Kolkata (Calcutta) in West Bengal.he received his diploma in Fine Art. Ro

Was an Indian painter from Kolkata (Calcutta) in West Bengal.he received his diploma in Fine Art. Roy achieved his initial success as a portrait painter. Later in the 1920s he changed his style to use elements from Bengali peasant art. He was deeply influenced by the Kalighat painting also. This led to a period of great poverty, but he persevered. He had to make his own paints from basic materials. In 1929 he had his first solo exhibition in Calcutta, sponsored by the artist Mukul Dey.[1] Jamini Roy's work at the time was influenced by Abanindranath Tagore's Bengal School.[2] In the 1930s, leading Indian writers and critics began to recognize that Roy was forging a new style of art, intrinsically Indian and original. Ultimately Roy gained international fame for his distinctive style.