2017 Hampton Jazz Festival lineup

Hamilton is making his second appearance following a 2011 performance. He has 10 Grammy nominations, and he won one in 2009 for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "You've Got the Love I Need."

Albright is playing his ninth Hampton Jazz Festival. He made his first appearence in the 1988 Hampton Jazz Festival.

Beverly & Maze are making a record-tying 16th appearance at the festival. All eight of the group's studio albums went gold, and they had two No. 1 singles on the former U.S. Hot Black singles chart.

Culbertson is appearing in his third Hampton Jazz Festival after performing in 2001 and 2002. Culbertson has released 14 studio albums.

Butler is making his ninth Hampton Jazz Festival appearance. Only five acts have appeared more often. He first appeared in 1996, but he has made eight of his appearances in the past 13 years.

Jill Scott is making her seventh Hampton Jazz Festival appearance, putting her fourth all-time for female performers. Scott has 13 Grammy nominations and three wins.

Kem is making his eighth Hampton Jazz Festival appearance. He first performed in 2005, the same year he won a Billboard Music Award for Top Adult R&B Single of the Year.

LaBelle is appearing in her 12th Hampton Jazz Festival. Only Gladys Knight, Frankie Beverly & Maze and George Benson have performed in more. The legendary performer is in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Brown made his first appearance in 2001, and this is his eighth Hampton Jazz Festival appearance overall. Brown, who has won a Grammy, will play with Rick Braun and Richard Elliot.

The O'Jays will play in their 10th Hampton Jazz Festival. They have eight albums that charted in the top 20 of the Billboard 200 and a No. 1 single. They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Ramsey Lewis is performing in his sixth Hampton Jazz Festival. He appeared in the first festival in 1968. This year's performance will be the fifth different decade Lewis has played the festival.

Elliot is making his fourth Hampton Jazz Festival appearance. He made his Jazz Festival debut as a billed artist in 2005.