简介

事业

成员(现任成员 过往成员)

风格

相关电影

简介

地，风与火（Earth, Wind & Fire）是由Maurice White带领的美国男子演唱组合，1969年于芝加哥伊利诺伊州成立。曾获六次葛莱美奖及二十次提名。他们拥有超过五十张金唱片及白金唱片。至今，他们唱片的全球销量超过9000万张。迈尔士·戴维斯（Miles Davis）曾评EW&F为“他的最爱”及“最佳”。昆西·琼斯（Quincy Jones）也曾表示他从第一天开始便是EW&F的超级歌迷。EW&F成员之一的赖夫尊逊（Ralph Johnson）曾骄傲地说：“根据统计，在每1分38秒钟内，全球就会有一家电台播放我们的歌曲。”

事业

这个组合的队长及成立者Maurice White在1941年出生于田纳西州孟菲斯。他搬到芝加哥及在Chess Records担任短期鼓手。

成功（1975年－1981年）

成员

现任成员

Maurice White (born December 19, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee; vocals, drums and percussion, 1970 - present)

Verdine White (born July 25, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois; bass, 1970 - present)

Philip Bailey (born May 8, 1951, Denver, Colorado; vocals and percussion, 1972 - present)

Ralph Johnson (born July 4, 1951 in Los Angeles, California; drums and percussion, 1972 - present)

B. David Whitworth (percussion and vocals, 1996 - present)

John Paris (born 1968; drums, 2001 - present)

Myron McKinley (keyboards, current musical director 2001 - present)

Greg "G-Mo" Moore (guitar, 2004 - present)

Morris O'Connor (guitar, 2008 - present)

Kim Johnson (vocals, 2005 - present)

过往成员

Ronnie Laws (born October 3, 1950 in Houston, Texas; soprano, tenor saxophone and flute)

Andrew Woolfolk (born October 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas; saxophone and flute)

Larry Dunn (born June 19, 1953 in Denver, Colorado; keyboards)

Johnny Graham (born August 3, 1951, Louisville, Kentucky, guitar, percussion and trumpet)

Al McKay (born February 2, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, guitar and percussion)

Fred White (born January 13, 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee; drums, 1975 - 1987)

Sheldon Reynolds (born September 13, 1959; vocals and guitar, 1987 - 2002)

Bobby Gonzales (guitar, 2001 - 2004)

Jessica Cleaves (born December 10, 1948 in California; vocals)

Wade Flemons (September 25, 1940 in Coffeyville, Kansas - October 13, 1993 in Battle Creek, Michigan; vocals, 1970 - 1973)

Roland Bautista (guitar, 1972 - 1973 and 1981 - 1983)

Sonny Emory (drums, 1987 - 1999)

Fred Ravel (keyboards, Musical Director,1992-1995)

Morris Pleasure (musical director, keyboards, 1996 - 2002)

Mike McKnight (keyboards, 1996 - 1998)

Robert Brookins (musical director, keyboards, 1998 - 2004)

David Romero (percussion, 1996 - 2001)

Daniel de los Reyes (percussion, 2001 - 2004)

Vadim Zilberstein (guitar, 2004-2008)

风格

Earth，Wind & Fire这支乐团的风格能够包含爵士、灵魂、放克、福音、蓝调、非洲民族音乐、摇滚及舞曲等各式领域，又兼而融为一体，形成独一无二的乐风，他们的字典里没有悲伤。从七○年代初成军以来，Earth，Wind & Fire一直维持著七、八人的多人次编制，而历年来每一位加入过这支乐团的成员都是多才多艺，既能创作，又精通多样乐器，而且个个歌艺不凡的实力乐手，像是出身著名爵士乐团Ramsey Lewis四重奏的Maurice White、从小同受专业音乐教育洗礼的White兄弟、高亢歌声可以跨越四个八度、后来单飞后的个人专辑亦相当受到欢迎的歌手/打击乐手Philip Bailey等等，论个人表现各能令人折服，而共同合作的整体效果则更造成让人为之倾倒的璀璨魅力。 Earth，Wind & Fire的魅力不仅反映在多张多白金销售纪录的专辑热卖度，多次葛莱美奖的肯定也在在证明了他们坚强的实力。一共获得过20项葛莱美提名，赢得了其中6个奖项。不过，他们成立之后长期都没有赢得主流媒体的重视，大器晚成型乐队。

相关电影

在法国电影《触不可及》中，地球，风与火乐队是男主角戴维斯最喜欢的乐团，并播放了成名曲《september》