Earth, Wind & Fire "I Am" (2004) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Sony Music Entertainment

 01 - In The Stone (Maurice White, Allee Willis & David Foster)

02 - Can't Let Go (Maurice White, Bill Meyers & Allee Willis)
03 - After The Love Has Gone (David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin)
04 - Let Your Feelings Show (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)
05 - Boogie Wonderland (Jon Lind & Allee Willis)

06 - Star (Maurice White, Eduardo Del Barrio & Allee Willis)
07 - Wait (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)
08 - Rock That! (Maurice White & David Foster)
09 - You And I (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)

Bonus Tracks

10 - Diana (Previously Unreleased) (Maurice White & David Foster)

11 - Dirty (Interlude Featuring Junior Wells) (Maurice White)

12 - Dirty (Junior's Juke) (Maurice White)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

"Boogie Wonderland" Produced by Maurice White & Al McKay

Engineered by George Massenburg & Tom Perry at 

Hollywood Sound Recorders, Sunset Sound Studio & Davlen Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Assisted by Ross Pallone & Craig Widby

Mixed by George Massenburg

Earth, Wind & Fire is :

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Bass

Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion

Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums

Johnny Graham : Guitar

Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Ralph Johnson : Percussion

Our Horn Section :

Don Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet

Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

Special thanks to the following musicians 

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Eduardo Del Barrio : Keyboards

David Foster : Keyboards

Marlo Henderson : Guitar

Steve Lukather : Guitar

Bill Meyers : Keyboards

Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer Programming

Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Michael Harris, Jerry Hey, Steve Madaio

Trombones : Geore Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Benjamin Powell, Bill Reichenbach, Maurice Spears

Saxophones : Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson

French Horns : Barbara Korn, Sid Muldrow, Richard Perissi, Marilyn Robinson
Violins : Janice Grower (Concertmaster), Ronald Clark, Marcy Dicterow, Pavel farkas, Henry Ferber, Harris Goldman, Joseph Goodman, Jack Gootkin, William Henderson, Cynthia Kovac, Gina Kronstadt, Carl LaMagna, Joseph Livoti, Jerome Reisler, Sheldon Sanov, Anton Sen, Haim Shtrum, Ikka Talvi, Judith Talvi, Rosmen Torfeh, Jerome Webster, Pamela Gates, Henry Roth, Sherman Bryana, Leeana Sherman

Violas : Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski, James Ross, Linda Lipsett, Laurie Woods

Cellos : Jacqueline Lustgarten, Miguel Martinez, Daniel Smith, Kevan Torfeh, Larry Corbett, Delores Bing, Jan Kelley, John Walz

Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Timpani : Richard Lepore

Produced for Reissue by Leo Sacks & Maurice White

Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Legacy A&R : Steve Berkowitz

Project Director : Joy Monfried

A&R Coordination : Patti Matheny, Sarren Salmieri & Adam Farber

01 - In The Stone

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

ARC Single 11093

Charted 10/13/79 ; Weeks : 10

Peak : #23 R&B, #58 Pop

02 - Can't Let Go

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

03 - After The Love Has Gone

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

Saxophone Solo by Don Myrick

ARC Single 11033

Charted 7/7/79 ; Weeks : 17

Peak : #2 R&B, #2 Pop

04 - Let Your Feelings Show

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

05 - Boogie Wonderland

Horn & String Arrangements by Ben Wright

ARC Single 10956

Charted 5/19/79 ; Weeks : 13

Peak : #2 R&B, #6 Pop

The Emotions are Wanda Hutchinson, Sheila Whitt & Jeanette Hawes

06 - Star

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

Trumpet Solo by Rahmlee Michael Davis

ARC Single 11165

Charted 12/22/79 ; Weeks : 7

Peak : #47 R&B

07 - Wait

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84

08 - Rock That!

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

09 - You And I

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

10 - Diana

Additional Production by Paul Klingberg

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

Previously Unreleased / ℗ 2004

11 - Dirty

Interlude Featuring Junior Wells

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

Featuring Junior Wells (Harmonica) & Johnny Graham (Guitar)

From 'The Eternal Dance', Columbia/Legacy 65410, Rel. 1992

12 - Dirty

Junior's Juke

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

Additional Production by Paul Klingberg at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA, January 2003

Inspiration : Leo Sacks

Also available on Earth, Wind & Fire's 'The Promise' (Kalimba Records 973002, Rel. 2003)