Died Maurice White, the soul of Earth, Wind & Fire – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         
                     

                 

 
 

Founder, composer, drummer, singer, leader, preacher, the soul of the Earth group, Wind & amp; Fire, one of the funk group that created some of the most joyous music ever made, American Maurice White, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, aged 74, it was learned late on Thursday by Associated Press. The brother Verdine White, also a member of the group, used the Facebook page to announce that “died peacefully in his sleep.”

The musician had symptoms of Parkinson’s disease since the 1980s , which led him to give up doing tours the mid-1990s while the band continued playing with various formations – the last album Now, Then & amp; Forever data from 2013. His illness was made public in 2000, when the collective entered the Hall of Fame Rock & amp; Holl

The funk collective, soul and R &. B consists of nine members, who met big role mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, sold over 90 million albums worldwide. Among its successes are songs like Shining star , Sing a song , September , After love has gone , Boogie wonderland , Serpentine fire , Let’s groove or version of a Beatles song Got to get you into my life . The most successful period of training began to take shape in 1975 with the album That’s The Way The World and would continue for the rest of the decade.

Your success is undeniable but experienced periods of some misunderstanding, not always being recognized artistically. His music is physical, spiritual, rapt, possessed by a contagious cheerfulness popular. The opposite of what is so often credibilizado to be more elaborate and esthetic and yet, how many have tried and failed completely, to create something similar? In fact, the radiant joy that were able to exhale, so serious and accurate, it is extremely difficult to achieve. It is true that not everything that tried worked, but at its best was one of the best formations funk ever, marked by Maurice White vision.

In addition to the brothers White, the group had with singer Philip Bailey and with a distinctive section of blows. But Maurice was truly his spiritual leader. In all the interviews he made a point of stating that the group’s activity was not just entertainment. Chasing a interior design. She believed him. And I wanted others to believe him. In 2000, it stated that the objective always was to inspire people to believe in themselves, to take advantage of life, following your ideas. “I think the songs can touch people. They have this power. This form of magic. “

In the lush music of the group, the fusion of jazz, to soul, gospel, funk, rock elements, later to ‘drive’ or Africanized music, served to structure positivism messages and mysticism. It is no coincidence that the album covers are a mix of religious iconography, Egyptology or cosmology.

In everything they did there was a dimension of collective celebration. Their live performances reflected on with an ambitious scenic device with games psychedelic lights, two drummers and a danceable sound, with the falsetto of Philip Bailey seconded by preaching Maurice White. In music and the group’s attitude was no room for cynicism. They were disarming in how your ideal funk epic music diffused hope and transcendence

In addition to the Earth, Wind & amp.; Fire, Maurice White, was to produce and compose for other artists, especially when it left the concerts, including Cher, Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand and many others. Co-wrote and produced the hit Best of my love of the Emotions in addition to also have released a solo album.

Born in Memphis in 1941, the son of a doctor and grandson of a pianist from New Orleans. He studied music in Chicago and adolescence began playing drums with the Ramsey Lewis Trio. In 1960 he formed the Salty Peppers, moving to Los Angeles, where would adopt the name of Earth, Wind & amp; Fire, releasing the self-titled debut album in 1971. Over the years played a pivotal role in the group’s decades of career, with more than 20 albums released, composing and producing key works to realize important part of the history of funk as That’s The Way of The World (1975), All ‘N All (1977) or Faces (1980)

was maintained a firm footing in the clear way he looked for music, almost as if she had healing powers, and through it were possible to perceive reality in a more positive way. Perhaps he was right.