Earth, Wind & Fire Horns

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]

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] They also played on guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. 2003 album Still Small Voice^[18] and Queen Latifah's 2004 The Dana Owens Album.^[19] 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.^[20][21] The Earth, Wind & Fire horns also played on Kelly Clarkson's 2017 album Meaning of Life.^[22]