Take a ride in the sky <br />On our ship, fantasize… <br /> <br />Tuneage: "Fantasy" , by Earth, Wind & Fire from their album All 'N All, released as a single in 1978, written and composed by Maurice White, Verdine White, and Eddie del Barrio, and it reached #32 on the pop chart and #12 on the R&B singles chart in the United States, and #14 on the UK singles chart. "Fantasy" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song. After its release in Japan as a digital single to cellphones in 2009, it was certified gold for 100,000 downloads in May 2011. <br />"Fantasy" took a period of three months to be written and composed, and it was only finally finished after Maurice White saw the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and gained inspiration from the film. <br /> <br />Venue: Place des Arts (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier), Montreal <br />Event: Montreal International Jazz Festival 2014 <br />Date: June 30, 2014. <br />Awesome set, concert was completely sold out. Superb vocals, great musicians. <br /> <br />The amazing band: <br />Ralph Johnson: Vocals, Percussion <br />Verdine White: Bass, Vocals <br />Philip Bailey: Vocals, Kalimba, Conga, Percussion <br />John Paris: Drums, Vocals <br />Morris O’Connor: Guitar <br />B. David Whitworth: Vocals, Percussion <br />Philip Bailey, Jr.: Vocals, Background Vocals <br />Myron McKinley: Keyboards <br />Serge ? – guitar. <br /> <br />Horn Section: <br />Gary Bias: Saxophone <br />Bobby Burns, Jr.: Trumpet <br />Reggie Young: Trombone <br /> <br />http://www.earthwindandfire.com/ <br />http://www.earthwindandfire.com/tour/ <br />https://www.facebook.com/EarthWindandFire
