So Many Roads is Hammond's most notable mid-'60s Vanguard album, due not so much to Hammond's own singing and playing (though he's up to the task) as the yet-to-be-famous backing musicians. Three future members of the Band -- Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm -- are among the supporting cast, along with Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica, and Mike Bloomfield also contributes.

Emmanuel Rodriguez (Rico, Reco, El Reco) (born 17 October 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica) was the undisputed best trombonist of early Jamaican music.One of the most prolific session players of Jamaica's pre-ska era, trombonist Rico Rodriguez later emerged as a catalyst behind the UK's 2-Tone movement of the late 1970s, recording both as a solo artist and as a member of the legendary Specials. While attending Kingston's Alpha Cottage School, an institution for wayward boys, he studied trombone under the legendary Don Drummond. In the years to follow, Rodriguez emerged as one of Jamaica's most highly regarded session musicians.

Glenn Gould es un músico que a nadie deja indiferente. Directores y artistas de la época podían no estar de acuerdo con sus versiones o su forma de ver algunas obras, pero nadie dudaba de su genialidad y todos hablaban maravillas de él. Gould argumentaba su visión de la música con tanto peso que nadie podía poner en duda su talento y siempre quedaba bien patente que su originalidad daba lugar a interesantísimas versiones.

Edwards was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1994, but he kept the illness quiet, determined to fight back and continue with his career. At first, when it seemed he would recover, he came back to even greater popularity. He recorded Tango in Harlem in 1995 with Billy Higgins and Christian McBride. - from enote.com