Editing Earth, Wind & Fire (section)

==== ''The Promise'' ====
During May 2003, EWF issued ''[[The Promise (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|The Promise]]''.<ref name="THP">{{cite book|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: The Promise|year=2003|publisher=[[Kalimba Music]]}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart and No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' [[Top Independent Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/blp/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: The Promise (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/ind/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: The Promise (Top Independent Albums)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> David Peschek of [[The Guardian]] described ''The Promise'' as "17 tracks of immaculately smooth, meticulously detailed mid-tempo pop-soul and thoroughly intoxicating in its lushness."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/09/popandrock.shopping13|title=Earth, Wind and Fire, The Promise|date=April 9, 2004|author=Peschek, David|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Steve Jones of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote "with horn-kissed ballads and infectious jazz funk grooves, the band seems to have regained its spark".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/103775802/ |title=Earth, Wind & Fire: The Promise|date=May 23, 2003|author=Burton, Steve|work=[[USA Today]] }}</ref>

Guest artists such as [[Angie Stone]], [[The Emotions]] and [[Gerald Albright]] appeared on the album.<ref name="THP" /> "[[All in the Way]]", featuring The Emotions, got to No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult R&B Songs]] chart, No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary Songs]] chart and No. 31 on the [[UK R&B Singles and Albums Charts|UK R&B Singles chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/rba/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: All In The Way (Adult R&B Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/asi/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: All In The Way (Adult Contemporary Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/earth-wind-and-fire-all-in-the-way|title=Earth, Wind and Fire - All in the Way|publisher=[[Official Charts]]|website=officialcharts.com}}</ref> Another single, "[[Hold Me (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Hold Me]]" reached No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult R&B Songs]] chart. "Hold Me" earned a Grammy nomination in the category of [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance|Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance]].<ref name="Grammy" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/rba/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Hold Me (Adult R&B Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

On July 7, 2003, the band was inducted into [[Hollywood's Rockwalk]]. In September 2003, EWF were inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]].<ref name="VOCALGROUP" /><ref name="Award" /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 17, 2003 |title=Vocal Group Hall Of Fame Inducts 2003 Class |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69062/vocal-group-hall-of-fame-inducts-2003-class |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> On February 8, 2004, Earth, Wind 
Fire performed in a tribute to [[Funk music|funk]], along with [[Parliament Funkadelic]], [[OutKast]], and [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band]], at the [[46th Grammy Awards|46th annual Grammy Awards]] held at the [[Staples Center]], Los Angeles, California. At first EWF sang "Shining Star", with Outkast's request collaborated on "[[The Way You Move]]" and Robert Randolph and the Family Band then performed their new single "[[Unclassified (album)|I Need More Love]]". All of those said groups thereafter joined Parliament Funkadelic to warble "[[Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 9, 2004 |title=The funk tribute was a memorable Grammys moment |url=https://ew.com/article/2004/02/09/funk-tribute-was-memorable-grammys-moment/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 13, 2004 |title=OutKast, Timberlake set to play at Grammys |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/01/13/OutKast-Timberlake-set-to-play-at-Grammys/34561074017737/ |work=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>

On the May 2004 tribute album ''[[Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix]]'', EWF covered [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s "[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/power-of-soul-a-tribute-to-jimi-hendrix-mw0000331901 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The band was later bestowed with the [[NARAS]] Signature Governors Award on June 8, 2004, at Los Angeles' [[Beverly Hills Hotel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 29, 2004 |title=2004 NARAS Awards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=116 |issue=22 |page=21}}</ref> On September 27, 2004, former Phenix Horns trombonist [[Louis Satterfield]] died at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Satterfield &#124; Biography, Albums, Streaming Links |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/louis-satterfield-mn0000334498 |access-date=November 1, 2016 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

On December 11, 2004, EWF was honored at the first annual Grammy Jam held at Los Angeles's [[Wiltern Theater]]. Artists such as Stevie Wonder, [[Yolanda Adams]], [[India Arie]], [[George Benson]], [[Sheila E.]], [[Kirk Whalum]], [[George Duke]], [[Usher (musician)|Usher]], [[Boney James]] and [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] paid performing tributes to the band. With celebs like [[Victoria Rowell]], [[Pamela Anderson]],  [[Cherrelle]], Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, [[Tim Allen]], Prince, [[Regina King]], [[Dawn Robinson]] of [[En Vogue]], [[Nick Cannon]], [[Suzanne De Passe]], and [[Traci Bingham]] also attending this inaugural Grammy Jam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur17808.cfm|title=EW&F HONORED AT FIRST ANNUAL GRAMMY JAM: Usher, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, Kanye West & Lots More Show Love|publisher=eurweb.com|date=December 13, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109013415/http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur17808.cfm|archive-date=January 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BMEAAAAMBAJ&q=earth,+wind+%26+fire+grammy+jam&pg=RA1-PA55|title=Stars Jam For Earth, Wind & Fire|page=55|volume=116|number=52|date=December 25, 2004|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> EWF performed on ''[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve]]'' on December 31, 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/205753_newyearstv.html|title=With Dick Clark laid low, who'll host the party?|agency=Associated Press|first=David|last=Bauder|date=December 31, 2004|access-date=May 2, 2009|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> The February 6, 2005, [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] pregame show in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] saw the band teaming with [[The Black Eyed Peas]] to sing "[[Where Is the Love?]]" and "Shining Star".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6924979/|title=McCartney plays it safe in halftime show|publisher=MSNBC|first=Bauder|last=David|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=January 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510053908/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6924979/|archive-date=May 10, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/entertainment|title= History of Entertainment at the Super Bowl|publisher=National Football League }}</ref>

During both 2004 and 2005, Earth, Wind & Fire and [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] embarked upon consecutive joint national summer tours. A filmed concert held at Los Angeles' [[Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)|Greek Theater]] in June 2004 was issued on DVD in June of the following year. As well this concert entitled ''[[Chicago & Earth, Wind & Fire – Live at the Greek Theatre]]'' was eventually [[music recording sales certification|certified Platinum]] in the US by the RIAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/03/27/Chicago-and-Earth-Wind-and-Fire-to-tour/46841080408994/|title= Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire to tour|date=March 27, 2004|publisher=[[United Press International]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2009/03/earth-wind-fire-teams-up-with-chicago-for-summer-tour/|title=Earth, Wind & Fire teams up with Chicago for summer tour|author=Young, Alex|date=March 11, 2009|publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref>

Chicago and EWF later collaborated for a new recording of Chicago's ballad "[[If You Leave Me Now]]", that was included on Chicago's 2005 compilation album ''[[Love Songs (Chicago album)|Love Songs]]''. At the [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards]] held on September 18, 2005, at Los Angeles' [[Shrine Auditorium]], the band performed as the opening act with [[The Black Eyed Peas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-artslife-emmy18-story.html|title='Raymond', 'Lost' named best series|date=September 18, 2005|author=Elber, Lynn |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref>