Earth, Wind & Fire Horns

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns are the main horn section for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. The horn section has also played alongside artistes such as P Diddy, Queen Latifah and Kelly Clarkson.^[1][2][3]

History

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns were established in 1987 by Maurice White as EWF's new horn section. Composed of tenor saxophonist Gary Bias, Reggie Young on trombone and trumpeter Raymond Lee Brown the horn section at first featured on EWF's 1990 album Heritage.^[1][3][4]

During 2004 Raymond Lee Brown left the EWF Horns to be replaced by Bobby Burns Jr.^[1]

Solo works

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns performed on Whitney Houston's 1990 album I'm Your Baby Tonight.^[5] They went on to play on MC Hammer's 1991 LP Too Legit to Quit.^[6] The horn section also performed on jazz guitarist Norman Brown's 1992 album Just Between Us, ^[7] saxophonist Kirk Whalum's 1993 album Caché',^[8] and Salif Keita's 1993 LP Amen.^[9] The EWF horns then performed upon jazz guitarist Norman Brown's 1994 album After The Storm, ^[10] and his 1996 LP Better Days Ahead^[11]. Additionally horn section members Brown and Young played on Quincy Jones's 1995 LP Q's Jook Joint ^[12] and Babyface's 1996 album The Day.^[13] On March 6, 1997 the Earth, Wind & Fire horns played at Ghana's 40th anniversary of independence gala held in its capital city of Accra alongside artistes such as Miriam Makeba and Joseph Hill of Culture.^[14]

The EWF Horns later featured on British girl group Cleopatra's 1998 album Comin' Atcha!, ^[15] Puff Daddy's 1999 LP Forever ^[16] and Lionel Richie's 2000 LP Renaissance.^[17][18] They also played on guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. 2003 album Still Small Voice ^[19] and Queen Latifah's 2004 LP The Dana Owens Album.^[20][21] Additionally, horn section members Bias and Young featured on Anita Baker's 2004 album My Everything and Queen Latifah's 2007 LP Trav'lin' Light.^[22][23] The EWF horns also played on Kelly Clarkson's 2017 album Meaning of Life.^[24]

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