This one was particularly tough for me. We were both teenagers in the CU College of Music as well as dorm mates from '69-72, and hung out regularly with Philip and the rest who I don't remember as well. Andrew had a big, broad smile and a gentle spirit to match, and always had time for friends and conversation, but his one devotion was to his instrument. He worked so hard on his sax chops it embarrassed me to admit we attended the same college. Then, as through six Grammys, he was the kind of ensemble musician that was so perfect you hardly noticed him. He could play minor 9ths and 10ths so perfectly above the bari that you never questioned them. Rest well, brother, you have fought hard and won. This video shows EWF lead singer Philip Bailey at his peak. I never met Maurice, who took over and produced the group after they left Boulder.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/andrew-woolfolk-saxophonist-earth-wind-fire-obit/507-e15b9940-4e4c-4d68-ac80-ff66e99c1d22