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Charles Stepney
Step On Step
International Anthem Recording Company (IARC 0055)
The Charles Stepney Masters (IARC 0055)
Release date: Sep 9, 2022, United States of America
Chicago-born composer, producer and arranger Charles Stepney is known to some for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire, Deniece Williams, and Ramsey Lewis, or for his work with Chess Records in the 1960s, where he was an essential creative force behind seminal recordings by Rotary Connection, Minnie Riperton, Marlena Shaw, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Terry Callier, The Dells, The Emotions, and many many more. In the decades since his untimely death in 1976, the presence of his name in liner notes and on vinyl labels has become a seal of quality for record collectors, music historians, and aficionados, while his sound has been used by countless samplers in the hip-hop world including Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, MF Doom, and Madlib. But in comparison to the post-mortem renown of his sound, or the music he created and the artists he supported while he was alive, Stepney is a greatly under-appreciated figure... a genius relegated to the shadows.
A1
Roll Tape
A2
Gimme Some Sugar
A3
Daddy's Diddies
A4
Gotta Dig It To Dig It
A5
No Credit For This
A6
Roadtrip
A7
On Your Face
B1
That's The Way Of The World
B2
Imagination
B3
In The Basement
B4
Business
C1
Look B4U Leap
C2
Around The House
C3
Funky Sci Fi
C4
Mini Mugg
C5
Chicago Independent
D1
Surround Stereo
D2
Black Gold
D3
Denim Groove
D4
Notes From Dad
D5
Rubie & Charles
D6
Greatness
D7
Step On Step