Soon after its release, the band switched to RCA. The Dazz Band, formed in 1976, grew out of the Cleveland, Ohio, jazz fusion band Bell Telefunk, composed of Bobby harris (founder)lead guitarist/songwriter Mike Calhoun, percussionist Kenny Pettus, drummer Isaac 'Ike' Wiley, Jr., and his brother bassist Michael Wiley, and the band Mother BraintreeThe group became known as Kinsman Dazz, named after both the street and the lounge where they. In 1982 they released what would be their greatest hit, Let It Whip, from their third album Keep it. The hit single from that album, Knock Knock peaked at no. That year they had their final charting album, Wild and Free. The Dazz Band’s first Motown album Invitation to Love was also released in 1980 followed in 1981 by the album, Let the Music Play. The Dazz Band switched labels to Geffen in 1986. 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. "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. 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. Invitation to Love, the band's first release for the record label, was released in 1980. After Calhoun left they changed their name to the Dazz Band in 1980 and signed to Motown. Under that name, the group had two small hits in the U.S.A. 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.
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. Bobby Harris formed the group in the late '70s, merging two Cleveland funk bands, Bell Telefunk and Mother Braintree. TITLE "Let It All Blow (Alternate Master Mix Edit)"įILE "13 - Let It All Blow (Alternate Master Mix Edit).The Cleveland-based Dazz Band was one of the more popular funk groups of the early '80s. TITLE "Let It Whip (Extended 7 Inch Mix)"įILE "11 - Let It Whip (Extended 7 Inch Mix).wav" WAVEįILE "12 - Joystick (Extended 7 Inch Mix).wav" WAVE TITLE "I Might As Well Forget About Loving You"įILE "08 - I Might As Well Forget About Loving You.wav" WAVE You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database Used output format : User Defined EncoderĬommand line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exeĪdditional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source% Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A Adapter: 5 ID: 1įill up missing offset samples with silence : Yesĭelete leading and trailing silent blocks : No August 2011ĮAC extraction logfile from 4.
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