Reclaimed Soul: Charles Stepney’s Baroque Soul

Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras. Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras. Reclaimed Soul

Reclaimed Soul: Charles Stepney’s Baroque Soul

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Beginning in the late 1960s, producer, arranger and composer Charles Stepney helped take the Chicago sound into a new era, deeply rooted in jazz. And his adventurous Baroque Soul is still being sampled and referenced today. Reclaimed Soul’s Ayana Contreras shares some highlights from his too-brief career.