D'Angelo and The Vanguard

D'Angelo is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was briefly a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., but his first major success in music was as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know". His band, The Vanguard, includes drummer Chris Dave, bassist Pino Palladino, guitarists Jesse Johnson and Isaiah Sharkey, vocalist Kendra Foster and keyboardist Cleo "Pookie" Sample.