Above: Bernard Edwards with Nile Rodgers (left) and Chic at the end of the seventies
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Description: Bassist, USA
Known For: Record producer, both as a member of “Chic.
Instruments: Bass
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 31st October 1952
Location Born: Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
Date Died: 18th April 1996
Location Died: Tokyo, Japan
Cause Of Death: Pneumonia
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Bernard Edwards
A bass guitar player and record producer, both as a member of Chic and on his own.
Bernard Edwards is considered one of the most important bass players of the 20th century.
Co founding member of group “CHIC”- 1977 with Niles Rodgers.
Edwards who grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, met Nile Rodgers in the early 1970s.
The two formed the Big Apple Band (active from 1972-1976) and then united with drummer Tony Thompson to eventually form Chic together with singer Norma Jean Wright.
Chic split in 1983 after personal and artistic differences between Edwards and Rodgers.
Edwards released a solo album the same year, and in 1985 he was instrumental in the formation of the supergroup Power Station.
He continued to produce artists throughout the 1980s and 90s. Among others, he worked with Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Air Supply, ABC.
Edwards teamed up with Nile Rodgers again for the Chic reunion in the early 1990s and released the album Chic-Ism in 1992.
Edwards fell ill, but despite Rodgers’ insistence, he refused to cancel the gig. He managed to perform but had to be helped at times. After the concert he retired to his hotel room where he was later found dead by Rodgers.
He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.
He was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York.
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