{"id":9979,"date":"2013-05-27T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T22:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2013-05-27T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T22:42:30","slug":"chaka-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/05\/chaka-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAKA KHAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9981\" alt=\"Encore-Issue-No26\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Encore-Issue-No26.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Encore-Issue-No26.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Encore-Issue-No26-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9980\" alt=\"Rufusized---Chaka\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rufusized-Chaka.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rufusized-Chaka.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rufusized-Chaka-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rufusized-Chaka-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>CHAKA KHAN HAD ONLY RECENTLY ACHIEVED stardom when photographer Norman Seeff shot this session for Rufus\u2019 1974 album, Rufusized. \u201cI was living in my studio in Los Angeles,\u201d Seeff recalls. \u201cShe began rolling around on my bed like a teenage girl\u2014barefoot, wiggling her big toe at me. It was fun, creative and free.\u201d The session was the first of several Seeff shot with the R&amp;B legend, whose talent was entwined with a fragile temperament. \u201cIn performance, I saw her connect to a current of energy in a powerful way,\u201d he says. \u201cBut she could also be overwhelmed by her emotions.\u201d Later, Khan triumphed in a battle with alcohol and substance abuse. Seeff witnessed some of that struggle. \u201cThe last time I worked with her, I could see she had been on a spiritual, growth-oriented journey,\u201d he says. \u201cI saw someone intent on shifting her life toward something meaningful and focused. She told me, \u2018I\u2019ve turned fear into an ally.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAKA KHAN HAD ONLY RECENTLY ACHIEVED stardom when photographer Norman Seeff shot this session for Rufus\u2019 1974 album, Rufusized. \u201cI was living in my studio in Los Angeles,\u201d Seeff recalls. \u201cShe began rolling around on my bed like a teenage girl\u2014barefoot, wiggling her big toe at me. It was fun, creative and free.\u201d The session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1629,3262],"tags":[6660,10164,6372,10166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9979"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9987,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions\/9987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}