Al McKay
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Al |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | McKay |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 2 Febụwarị 1948 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | New Orleans |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye egwu, odee egwu, guitarist, onye na-emeputa ihe ndeko |
| ngwa egwu | Jita |
| ụdị | funk, disco |
| akara ndekọ | Columbia Records |
| webụsaịtị | http://www.almckay.com/ |
Al McKay (amụrụ na Febụwarị 2, 1948) bụ ónyé America na-akpọ ụbọ akwara, ónyé na-ede egwu, na ónyé na-emepụta ihe ndekọ. Ọ bụbu onye otu The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band na Earth, Wind & Fire, nke a kpọbatara ya na Rock and Roll Hall of Fame n'afọ 2000. McKay na-eduga otu nke ya a na-akpọ Al McKay All Stars ugbu a.[1][2]
Akụkọ ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ ya ma zụlite ya na New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, ọrụ ọkachamara mbụ McKay bụ dị ka ónyé na-akpọ ụbọ maka Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Ọ gara n'ihu bụrụ ónyé otu The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band. McKay mechara sonye n'òtù Earth, Wind & Fire na 1973. O mechara hapụ otu ahụ n'afọ 1981.[1][2]
McKay na-eme ihe ugbu a na ndị otu ya, The Al McKay Allstars, na-eme ngosi a na-akpọ The Earth, Wind & Fire Experience. N'afọ 2001, otu ahụ wepụtara abọm studio akpọrọ Al Dente . E weputara abọm a kpọrọ Live at Mt. Fuji n'afọ 2003.[1][2]
Ọrụ onwe onye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Mc Kay gbakwara egwu na abọm Gene Harris nkè 1976 In a Special Way, Eddie Henderson nke 1977 LP Comin' Through, Patrice Rushen nké 1977 LP Shout It Out, Patrice nke 1978, Pizzazz nke 1979 na abọmpi studio ya nkè 1980, Posh. Ọzọkwa, McKay rụrụ ọrụ na Ramsey Lewis' 1980 LP Routes, Herbie Hancock's 1981 album Magic Windows na A Taste of Honey's 1982 LP Ladies of the Eighties. McKay sokwa mepụta The Temptations na 1984 studio LP Truly for You, ma mepụta Shirley Jones na album ya nkè 1986, Always in the Mood .[1]
O mechara kpọọ egwu na album Norman Brown nke 1992 Just Between Us na Ramsey Lewis ' 1993 LP Sky Islands .[1]