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| 1. | Aint Nuthin' But a Jam
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| 2. | Swoop
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| 3. | Disco Dazz
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| 4. | Joy Stick
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| 5. | Heartbeat
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| 6. | Let It Whip
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The Dazz Band was one of the leading Funk bands of the eighties being formed in the late seventies by Bobby Harris. Harris brought together two of the leading funk bands in Cleveland Bell Telefunk and Mother Braintree. After numerous line up changes the band settled on an eight piece format with the intention of playing "Danceable Jazz" from which the name The Dazz Band was derived.
In 1980 the band signed to the legendary Motown label and released their debut album entitled Invitation To Love. The band however really hit the big time with their second album Keep It Live and the single Let It Whip which won the band a Grammy Award. The band continued through the eighties releasing six consecutive Top 100 albums. In 1986 the band left Motown and signed with the Geffen label and from there following just one release for the label moved to RCA and eventually splitting up in 1988 before reuniting again in 1995.
The Best Of Funk is exactly what it says it is The Best of Funk and there were none finer than The Dazz Band in the eighties.
Dazz Band
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1977 in Cleveland, OH
Genre: R&B
Styles: Funk
The Cleveland-based Dazz Band was one of the more popular funk groups of the early '80s. Bobby Harris formed the group in the late '70s, merging two Cleveland funk bands, Bell Telefunk and Mother Braintree. After myriad lineup changes, the end result was an eight-piece band featuring Harris, Skip Martin III, Pierre DeMudd on horns and vocals, guitarist Eric Fearman, bassist Michael Wiley, drummer Isaac Wiley, keyboardist Kevin Frederick, and percussionist Kenny Pettus. Harris and lead songwriter/guitarist Mike Calhoun's concept for the group was "danceable jazz"; he shortened the description to "dazz" and called the group Kinsman Dazz. Under that name, the group had two small hits in the U.S.A. during 1978 and 1979. After Calhoun left they changed their name to the Dazz Band in 1980 and signed to Motown.
Invitation to Love, the band's first release for the record label, was released in 1980. Once the group veered away from the more melodic, pop-oriented dance music that dominated their debut and started playing a tougher, more groove-oriented funk, the Dazz Band began racking up the hits. "Let It Whip," taken from their second album Keep It Live (1982), reached number five and won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by an R&B Vocal Duo or Group. While they never reached those heights again, the Dazz Band had a string of six consecutive Top 100 albums that ran until 1986; during that time, they scored two other Top 100 singles, "Joystick" and "Let It All Blow." In 1985, Fearman and Frederick left the band; they were replaced by Marlon McClain and Keith Harrison, respectively. The Dazz Band switched labels to Geffen in 1986. That year they had their final charting album, Wild and Free. Soon after its release, the band switched to RCA. The group failed to have another hit and quietly faded away.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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