White, Maurice, 1941-2016

found: Ramsey Lewis Trio. Another voyage [SR] 1969:labels (White) container (Maurice White, percussion and kalinba)

found: Helander, B. Rock who's who, c1982:p. 156 (Maurice White; b. 12-19-41, Memphis, Tenn.; drummer, founder of musical group Earth, Wind and Fire (1970))

found: New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 5, 2016(in obituary published Feb. 4: Maurice White; b. Dec. 19, 1941, Memphis; d. late Wednesday or early Thursday [Feb. 3 or 4, 2016], Los Angeles, aged 74; founder and leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, whose genre-defying music made it one of the most successful bands of the 1970s; began his career as a jazz drummer; played various percussion instruments with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the African thumb piano, or kalimba, which became an essential element of the group's sound; shared lead vocals with Philip Bailey, wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest hits, and produced many of its records; as a producer, also worked with Barbra Streisand and other artists)