Charles Stepney

Charles Stepney 26 March 1931 – 17 May 1976 Was One The Greatest And Most Unjustly Forgotten Soul/pop Producers And Arrangers Of The Last 50 Years Known For His Distinctive Lush Sophisticated Orchestra-Driven Psychedelic Soul Sound With Chicago's Cadet/Chess Records In The 1960s/1970s And Afterward With Earth Wind & Fire. Together With Marshall Chess Son Of Chess Records Co-Founder Leonard Chess Stepney Created Rotary Connection For The New Experimental Cadet Concept Label Producing The Band's Six Studio Albums Rotary Connection Aladdin Peace Songs Dinner Music And Hey Love As The New Rotary Connection . Among Other Credits Charles Produced Arranged & Co-Wrote Minnie Riperton’s 1970 Debut Classic Come To My Garden As Well As Producing Albums For Other Artists Such As Phil Upchurch Ramsey Lewis Muddy Waters And Terry Callier. Last But Not Least He Wrote The Arrangement For The Definitive Cover Of 'California Soul' By Marlena Shaw. read less