Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Event Listing - Music
Tue Jul 28

Earth, Wind & Fire w/ Chicago


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$50.50 - $130.50
Tickets

Location
Date and Time
Nokia Theater L.A. Live
777 Chick Hearn Court
Los Angeles, CA 90015
cross street: Across from STAPLES Center
district: Downtown Los Angeles

Tue Jul 28 (Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm)

Description
Earth, Wind & Fire were one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the '70s. Conceived by drummer, bandleader, songwriter, kalimba player, and occasional vocalist Maurice White, EWF's all-encompassing musical vision used funk as its foundation, but also incorporated jazz, smooth soul, gospel, pop, rock & roll, psychedelia, blues, folk, African music, and, later on, disco.

Chicago marked the confluence of two distinct, but intermingling musical strains in Chicago, IL, in the mid-'60s: an academic approach and one coming from the streets. Reed player Walter Parazaider (born March 14, 1945, in Chicago, IL), trumpeter Lee Loughnane (born October 21, 1946, in Chicago, IL), and trombonist James Pankow (born August 20, 1947, in St. Louis, MO) were all music students at DePaul University. But they moonlighted in the city's clubs, playing everything from R&B to Irish music, and there they encountered less formally educated but no less talented players like guitarist Terry Kath (born January 31, 1946, in Chicago, IL; died January 23, 1978, in Los Angeles, CA) and drummer Danny Seraphine (born August 28, 1948, in Chicago, IL). --All Music Guide

Tonight, 70's soul sensation Earth, Wind & Fire play a double bill with classic rock blenders Chicago at the Nokia L.A. Live Theater.