From our Best of Chicago issue: 'Stepney’s eclectic, forward-looking style is ornate but emotionally immediate, off-kilter but infectiously grooving.' Best overdue celebration: 'Charles Stepney: Out of the Shadows at Pritzker Pavilion'
From left: Junius Paul, Brandice Manuel, Meagan McNeal, Tiaybe Bledsoe, Candice Hoyes, and Greg Artry all performed in the 24-piece lineup of Rotary Connection 222 at Charles Stepney: Out of the Shadows on August 18, 2022.shaped some of the most memorable pop music of the 20th century, including records by Ramsey Lewis, Minnie Riperton, the Dells, Terry Callier, the Emotions, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Stepney’s eclectic, forward-looking style is ornate but emotionally immediate, off-kilter but infectiously grooving. He loved using daring tone clusters, just this side of dissonant, to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It’s the feeling of a supernatural visitation—and it’s definitely divine.
Out of the Shadows closed with radiant, bustling versions of the New Rotary Connection’s “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun” and Minnie Riperton’s “Les Fleurs,” two of the many Stepney songs that remain familiar because they’ve been sampled or licensed for commercials, movies, and TV. But chances to hear this music performed live are vanishingly rare—ensembles of sufficient size are all but extinct in pop. This heartbreakingly beautiful set made it clear just what a tragedy that is.
Phone video by Philip Montoro of Rotary Connection 222 performing the prechorus and chorus of “Les Fleurs.”The brilliant Chicago arranger gets his flowers at an ambitious Millennium Park concert that doubles as a celebration of his first-ever solo album, released 46 years after his death.
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