Larry Dunn (born Lorenzo Russell Dunn; June 19, 1953) is an American keyboardist, producer, songwriter and musical director, known as one of the original members of the music group Earth, Wind & Fire.

Dunn is a co-composer of EWF's "Shining Star", a song that's been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

[1][2][3] Dunn has produced artists such as Lenny White, Caldera, Ramsey Lewis, Level 42 and Twennynine.

[4][5] Born as Lorenzo Dunn to an Italian mother and African American father,[6] he early on became fond of music and later attended East High School in Denver, Colorado.

During 1972, while in Los Angeles, Dunn joined a new band led and founded by a Chicago musician known as Maurice White by the name of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Dunn then performed on Ronnie Laws' 1983 album Mr. Nice Guy and Jennifer Holliday's 1983 LP Feel My Soul.

[25][4] Dunn later featured on Morris Day's 1985 album Color of Success and Ronnie Laws 1986 LP Mirror Town.

He then appeared on Ramsey Lewis 1987 album Keys to the City and Ronnie Laws' 1989 LP True Spirit.

He then played on Dean James 1997 LP Intimacy and Reel Tight's 1999 album Back to the Real.