He died Maurice White – Clarín.com

Maurice White -baterista and founder of one of the flagship bands of music Disco, Earth, Wind & amp; Fire- died in the city of Los Angeles, United States.

The musician was 74 years and the announcement was made by his brother Verdine, “My brother, my hero and best friend tonight and rest in peace.” White died from complications due to Parkinson’s disease, detected in the late eighties

Earth, Wind & Dev. Fire was founded by White (the name is related to the influence exerted on it, astrology) in the early seventies; plus drummer was singer, songwriter and producer. His music went through two different times. In its beginnings in Warner group had influences of jazz, rhythm & amp; and blues bands like Santana and Chicago. Then two “Earth, Wind & amp; Fire” discs and “The Need of Love” had not much impact on the environment but it spoke of a band of enormous commercial potential.

In the second stage, and on the Columbia label, the group changed not only training but also opened their sound to other streams, such as in “Kalimba Story”, which introduced African instruments and give a universal sound to their compositions.

the successful musical approach of the band allowed to get 21 nominations for the Grammy awards, seven of which won and a number of hits in the sales charts. Its recognition began with a second place for his album “Head to the Sky” (1973) and reach the top spot with “Open Your Eyes” in 1974. From then until 1987 the band accumulate gold records and platinum with a music without boundaries too defined but opened the door to the so-called disco and then to Dance music.

White, Memphis was born in December 1941 and in his teens he moved to Chicago where he soon got work as a drummer at Chess Records, where as a session accompanied artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin’Wolf, Etta James, Buddy Guy and Sonny Stitt, among others. . It was during this time that he met the scenes of show business and music business, particularly

At 24 he entered the Ramsey Lewis Trio who won fame as a drummer and singer; later came his time at E, W & amp; F in which showed a flair not only to develop successes but also to achieve become legend with his band.

His illness prevented him from working actively from the nineties but maintained control band. White, which produced artists like Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond was inducted into the Hall of Fame Rock’n’Roll and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. It emerged as an artist born in a seal race music as it was Chess Records and his adventurous spirit, both artistically and personally, took him to a place of absolute recognition beyond the hearings. It was clearly one of those innovative artists who received recognition in life.