Chicago soul Curtom, Mayfield ran the labels Windy C (Five Stairsteps, Holly Maxwell, June Conquest), and Mayfield (Fascinations, The Mayfield Singers) (which featured two future soul stars: Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson, and Holly Maxwell). In 1980, Mayfield closed the Curtom office and moved to Atlanta, and not long afterwards Brunswick closed its office, which had by then moved to Chicago, as well. With these closings, and with disco and funk replacing traditional soul in popular appeal, Chicago soul music had effectively come to an end. Another label active in Chicago in the mid-to-late 1970s was Chi-Sound Records, under the production aegis
Nuyorican soul Nuyorican soul Nuyorican soul is jazz and house music performed by Stateside Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) groups and artists that originated in the 1990s with themes derived from Nuyorican culture. Nuyorican soul, to a great extent, does not refer to any single style or approach. Some of these groups do not at all, or use many specific Latin instruments or sounds. The main unifying factor, whether or not any explicitly Nuyorican soul is heard, has a strong soul, jazz and house influence; a rather independent and relaxing approach to making music that comes from outside the music industry. Nuyorican soul is