Earth, Wind & Fire Horns

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Earth, Wind & Fire Horns
Genres Funk, jazz, pop, soul, R&B
Years active1987–present
Labels Columbia, Warner Bros., Kalimba, Sanctuary
Members
Past members Raymond Lee Brown

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns is the main horn section for the band Earth, Wind & Fire. The horn section has also played alongside artists such as Whitney Houston, P Diddy, Queen Latifah and Kelly Clarkson. [1] [2] [3] The horn section should not be confused with the EWF Horns which were the first main horn section from 1975 to 1983, later known as the Phenix Horns.

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History

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns were established in 1987 by Maurice White as Earth, Wind & Fire'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 Earth, Wind & Fire's 1990 studio album Heritage . [1] [3] [4]

During 2004 Raymond Lee Brown left the Earth, Wind & Fire Horns to be replaced by Bobby Burns Jr. [1]

Solo works

The Earth, Wind & Fire Horns' trio performed on Whitney Houston's 1990 album I'm Your Baby Tonight . [5] They went on to play on MC Hammer's 1991 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 Amen . [9] The Earth, Wind & Fire horns then performed upon jazz guitarist Norman Brown's 1994 album After The Storm , [10] and his 1996 album Better Days Ahead . [11] Additionally horn section members Brown and Young played on Quincy Jones's 1995 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 Earth, Wind & Fire Horns later featured on British girl group Cleopatra's 1998 album Comin' Atcha! , [15] Puff Daddy's 1999 album Forever [16] and Lionel Richie's 2000 album Renaissance . [17] [18] They also played on guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. 2003 album Still Small Voice [19] and Queen Latifah's 2004 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 album Trav'lin' Light . [22] [23] The Earth, Wind & Fire horns also played on Kelly Clarkson's 2017 album Meaning of Life . [24]

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  24. ↑ "Review: Kelly Clarkson gives sass and confidence on new 'Meaning of Life'". axs.com.
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