Earth, Wind & Fire

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	funk, soul
Decades Active:	1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

The origins of this imaginative US group date back to the 60s and Chicago's black music session circle. Drummer Maurice White (19 December 1941, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) appeared on sessions for Etta James, Fontella Bass, Billy Stewart and more, before joining the Ramsey Lewis Trio in 1965. He left four years later to form the Salty Peppers, which prepared the way for an early version of Earth, Wind And Fire. The new band - Verdine White (b. 25 July 1951, Illinois, USA; bass), Michael Beale (guitar), Wade Flemmons (vocals), Sherry Scott (vocals), Alex Thomas (trombone), Chet Washington (tenor saxophone), Don Whitehead (keyboards) and Yackov Ben Israel (percussion) - embarked on a diffuse direction, embracing jazz, R&B and funk, as well as elements of Latin and ballad styles. The extended jam "Energy", from their second album for Warner Brothers Records, was artistically brave, but showed a lack of cohesion within the band.

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