Mizell Brothers
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The Mizell Brothers were a record producing team in the 1970s, consisting of Larry Mizell (February 17, 1944, NYC, New York) and Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (January 15, 1943, NYC, New York - July 5, 2011, Los Angeles, California).
to start their own company, Sky High Productions. They went on to produce albums for Blue Note Records
that set the tone for jazz fusion
and the era. The Mizell Brothers often used the same musicians on their albums, including Harvey Mason
on drums, Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin and David T. Walker
on guitar, Chuck Rainey
on bass and Jerry Peters
on piano. Freddie Perren
and Chuck Davis were sometimes involved as co-writers or co-producers.
Later hits of Sky High Productions include A Taste Of Honey
's platinum-selling roller-rink anthem of 1978 "Boogie Oogie Oogie
", L.T.D.
's "Love Ballad
", a number 1 R&B hit (#20 pop) in 1976 and Mary Wells
' dance funk 12-inch "Gigolo
" in 1982. Younger brother Rodney Mizell co-wrote some of their songs, although most material initially was written by Larry Mizell, later joined by Fonce. They also included a number of Motown hits on Donald Byrd's albums including "Just My Imagination" and "Dancing In The Street". In the 1980s, the Mizell brothers retired from the record industry, but returned in the 2000s. Larry Mizell wrote and performed vocals on the song "Play With The Changes" on the 4Hero album of the same name in 2007.
for the NASA Apollo program. He was one of the first to do research on liquid crystals, which today are used for example in displays (LCD).
's essential early hits from 1969 through 1971, including "I Want You Back
," "ABC
," "The Love You Save
," "Mama's Pearl," and "Maybe Tomorrow." The Corporation also consisted of Motown founder Berry Gordy plus writer-producers Deke Richards, who brought Fonce to the company, and Freddie Perren, a classmate of the Mizells at Howard who also later worked for Sky High Productions.
When Motown moved to Los Angeles, the Mizells joined up with trumpet player Donald Byrd
under whom they had studied while at Howard University. Their first album, Black Byrd on the Blue Note
label, was the first of a string of albums together that would define fusion jazz and lay the foundation for acid jazz
and neo soul
.
Alphonso died on July 5, 2011. He was 68 years old. The cause of death is heart failure.
History
Larry earned a degree in engineering and Fonce Mizell earned a degree in music from Howard University. While there they formed and performed in a jazz vocal quartet, the Vanlords. In the early 1970s, Larry and Fonce Mizell moved to CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to start their own company, Sky High Productions. They went on to produce albums for Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
that set the tone for jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
and the era. The Mizell Brothers often used the same musicians on their albums, including Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
Harvey William Mason is an American jazz drummer. He has worked with many jazz and fusion artists such as Bob James, The Brecker Brothers, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey and Gary Bartz...
on drums, Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin and David T. Walker
David T. Walker
David T. Walker is an American guitarist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued over twelve albums in his own name.-Career:...
on guitar, Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey, is an American bass guitar session musician, known for playing with many well-known American musicians and acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin.-Biography:Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet...
on bass and Jerry Peters
Jerry Peters
Jerry Peters is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for writing the hit song Going In Circles" by The Friends of Distinction.-Career:...
on piano. Freddie Perren
Freddie Perren
Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &...
and Chuck Davis were sometimes involved as co-writers or co-producers.
Later hits of Sky High Productions include A Taste Of Honey
A Taste of Honey (band)
A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act, formed in 1971 by associates Perry Kibble and Donald Ray Johnson. In 1978 they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"...
's platinum-selling roller-rink anthem of 1978 "Boogie Oogie Oogie
Boogie Oogie Oogie
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" is the name of a popular song by disco/R&B group A Taste of Honey. Released from their self-titled album in 1978, it became an extremely popular "crossover" song. The lyrics urge listeners to "boogie oogie oogie till you just can't boogie no more." It topped the Billboard Hot...
", L.T.D.
L.T.D.
L.T.D. is an American R&B/funk band best known for their 1977 hit single, " Back in Love Again," as well as their many ballads, such as "Love Ballad," "We Both Deserve Each Other's Love," and "Where Did We Go Wrong?."-Career:L.T.D...
's "Love Ballad
Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)
"Love Ballad" is a hit song for R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Released from their album, Love to the World, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November 1976, and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
", a number 1 R&B hit (#20 pop) in 1976 and Mary Wells
Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s...
' dance funk 12-inch "Gigolo
Gigolo (Mary Wells song)
"Gigolo" is a dance single written and produced by Fonce and Larry Mizell and released by R&B singer Mary Wells on the Epic Records label. It was the former Motown star's first single with the CBS-operated label and brought Wells brief renewed success on the Billboard chart.-Return from...
" in 1982. Younger brother Rodney Mizell co-wrote some of their songs, although most material initially was written by Larry Mizell, later joined by Fonce. They also included a number of Motown hits on Donald Byrd's albums including "Just My Imagination" and "Dancing In The Street". In the 1980s, the Mizell brothers retired from the record industry, but returned in the 2000s. Larry Mizell wrote and performed vocals on the song "Play With The Changes" on the 4Hero album of the same name in 2007.
Larry
As an electrical engineer, Larry Mizell performed testing and reliability work on the Lunar ModuleApollo Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program by Grumman to carry a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface and back...
for the NASA Apollo program. He was one of the first to do research on liquid crystals, which today are used for example in displays (LCD).
Alphonso
Alphonso Mizell was a member of The Corporation, the Motown hit-making production team that wrote and produced all of The Jackson 5The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
's essential early hits from 1969 through 1971, including "I Want You Back
I Want You Back
"I Want You Back" was released in 1969 and in early 1970s became a number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, along with a b-side cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You", was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross Presents...
," "ABC
ABC (song)
"ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. "ABC" was written with the same design as "I Want You Back", and was first heard on American Bandstand in February 1970. "ABC" knocked The Beatles song "Let It Be" out of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970...
," "The Love You Save
The Love You Save
"The Love You Save" is a 1970 number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. It held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart for six weeks. It held the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from June 27 to July 4, 1970...
," "Mama's Pearl," and "Maybe Tomorrow." The Corporation also consisted of Motown founder Berry Gordy plus writer-producers Deke Richards, who brought Fonce to the company, and Freddie Perren, a classmate of the Mizells at Howard who also later worked for Sky High Productions.
When Motown moved to Los Angeles, the Mizells joined up with trumpet player Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
under whom they had studied while at Howard University. Their first album, Black Byrd on the Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
label, was the first of a string of albums together that would define fusion jazz and lay the foundation for acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
and neo soul
Neo soul
The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...
.
Alphonso died on July 5, 2011. He was 68 years old. The cause of death is heart failure.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Tracks Produced |
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| 1972 | Donald Byrd Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a... |
Black Byrd Black Byrd - Personnel :* Donald Byrd - trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet, vocals* Allen Curtis Barnes - flute, oboe, saxophone* Roger Glenn - saxophone, flute* Fonce Mizell - trumpet, vocals* Larry Mizell - vocals* Kevin Toney - piano... |
Blue Note Records Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters... |
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| 1973 | Donald Byrd | Street Lady Street Lady Street Lady is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1973.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "the appeal of Street Lady is how its polished neo-funk and pseudo-fusion sound uncannily... |
Blue Note | Entire Album |
| Bobbi Humphrey Bobbi Humphrey Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world.... |
Blacks and Blues Blacks and Blues Blacks and Blues is the third studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1973 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:... |
Blue Note | Entire Album | |
| The Miracles The Miracles The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature... |
Renaissance | Motown Records Motown Records Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit... |
Wigs And Lashes & Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin) (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana... |
Skywriter Skywriter Skywriter was the sixth official studio album by The Jackson 5, released in March 1973. Lead singer Michael's vocals were now showing the signs of his maturing tenor voice, while Jermaine's voice had become much deeper in tone... |
Motown | Hallelujah Day & Ooh, I'd Love To Be With You (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
Music & Me Music & Me -Compilation album:Music & Me is sometimes confused with a Michael Jackson compilation album of the same name that Motown Records released in 1993... |
Motown | With A Child's Heart & Up Again (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director... |
Come Into My Life Come into My Life (Jermaine Jackson album) -Reception:Released in 1973, Come Into My life charted during the summer of 1973 hitting #30 on R&B and #152 on the pop charts.-Track listing:#"Sitting in the Edge of My Mind" - 4:12... |
Motown | You're In Good Hands (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| Elaine Brown Elaine Brown Elaine Brown is an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther leader who is based in Oakland, California. She is a former chairperson of the Black Panther Party. Brown briefly ran for the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008... |
Elaine Brown | Black Forum Motown Records Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit... |
Entire Album (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| 1974 | Donald Byrd | Stepping into Tomorrow Stepping into Tomorrow Stepping Into Tomorrow is a 1974 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd.The Allmusic Review by Andy Kellman awards the album with 4 stars.-Track listing:#"Stepping Into Tomorrow" – 5:06#"Design A Nation" – 4:19... |
Blue Note | Entire Album |
| Bobbi Humphrey Bobbi Humphrey Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world.... |
Satin Doll Satin Doll (album) Satin Doll is the fourth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:... |
Blue Note | Entire Album | |
| The Blackbyrds The Blackbyrds The Blackbyrds were an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1973.-History:The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney , Keith Killgo , Joe Hall , Allan C. Barnes , and Barney Perry... |
The Blackbyrds The Blackbyrds (album) The Blackbyrds is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group The Blackbyrds. Produced by Larry Mizell and Donald Byrd with Production supervision by Orrin Keepnews.-Track listing:#"Do It, Fluid" 5:27... |
Fantasy Records Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label... |
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| Johnny Hammond | Gambler's Life Gambler's Life Gambler's Life is an album by jazz keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1974 and produced by Larry Mizell.-Track listing:#Gambler's Life 5:45 #Rhodesian Thoroughfare 6:06 #This Year's Dream 6:19 #Star Borne 7:51 #Back To The Projects 5:36... |
Salvation Records CTI Records CTI Records was a jazz record label founded in 1967 by producer/A&R manager Creed Taylor. Initially, CTI was a subsidiary of A&M Records, but the label went independent in 1970... |
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| Edwin Starr Edwin Starr Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:... |
Hell Up in Harlem Hell Up in Harlem Hell Up in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation film, starring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Larry Cohen... |
Motown | Entire Album (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| Brenda Lee Eager Brenda Lee Eager Brenda Lee Eager is an American soul singer, songwriter and musical theatre performer who has written and performed several hits, including "Ain't Understanding Mellow", "Close to You", and "Somebody's Somebody".-Life and career:... |
When I'm With You | Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
When I'm With You (7" Single) | |
| Margie Evans | Waterfalls | Buddah Records Buddah Records Buddah Records was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding... |
Waterfalls (7" Single) | |
| 1975 | Donald Byrd | Places and Spaces Places and Spaces Places and Spaces is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd, that was released on Blue Note in 1975.The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards this album with 4 stars and states: "Boasting sweeping string arrangements, sultry rhythm guitars, rubbery bass, murmuring flügelhorns, and... |
Blue Note | Entire Album |
| Bobbi Humphrey Bobbi Humphrey Barbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world.... |
Fancy Dancer Fancy Dancer Fancy Dancer is the fifth studio album by American jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:... |
Blue Note | Entire Album | |
| Johnny Hammond | Gears Gears (album) Gears is an album by Jazz Keyboardist Johnny Hammond. It was released in 1975 and produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell.-Track listing:#Tell Me What To Do 5:16 #Los Conquistadores Chocolatés 5:56 #Lost On 23rd Street 6:36 #Fantasy 6:06... |
Milestone Records Milestone Records Milestone Records is a United States based jazz record label, founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was incorporated into Fantasy Records in 1972, since then it has been used for reissues as well as for new recordings.... |
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| Gary Bartz Gary Bartz Gary Bartz is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and The Juilliard School... |
The Shadow Do | Prestige Records Prestige Records Prestige Records was a jazz record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The company was located at 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under the names of several... |
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| Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
Forever, Michael Forever, Michael -Personnel:*Michael Jackson – lead and background vocals*David Blumberg - arranger*Jim Britt – photography*Hal Davis – producer*L.T. Horn – engineer, mixing*Eddy Manson – arranger, producer*Freddie Perren – arranger, producer... |
Motown | I'll Come Home To You (Co-Produced with Freddie Perren Freddie Perren Frederick "Freddie" Perren was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor best known for as a co-songwriter and co-producer of such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches &... ) |
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| 1976 | Donald Byrd | Caricatures | Blue Note | Entire Album |
| L.T.D. | Love To The World Love to the World On their third release, L.T.D. hooked up with The Mizell Brothers, "Larry and Fonce" behind the boards to produce "Love To The World". The album would chart on number 7 on the R&B album charts... |
A&M Records A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:... |
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| Roger Glenn | Reachin | Fantasy | Entire Album | |
| 1977 | Gary Bartz Gary Bartz Gary Bartz is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and The Juilliard School... |
Music Is My Sanctuary Music Is My Sanctuary Music Is My Sanctuary is an album by American jazz musician Gary Bartz. It was released in 1977 on Capital Records.- Track listing :# "Music Is My Sanctuary" 6:20 # "Carnaval De L'Esprit" 5:55... |
Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| The Rance Allen Group The Rance Allen Group The Rance Allen Group is a gospel music group formed in Monroe, Michigan, and based in Toledo, Ohio. The group's incorporation of rock and soul into traditional gospel music prefigures the crossover success of such artists as Amy Grant, Andrae Crouch, and The Winans.The Rance Allen Group was formed... |
Say My Friend | Capitol | Entire Album | |
| 1978 | A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey (band) A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act, formed in 1971 by associates Perry Kibble and Donald Ray Johnson. In 1978 they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"... |
A Taste Of Honey A Taste of Honey (album) A Taste of Honey is the debut album by the American rhythm and blues group A Taste Of Honey. Produced by Fonce Mizell & Larry Mizell for Sky High Productions... |
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| 1979 | A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey (band) A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act, formed in 1971 by associates Perry Kibble and Donald Ray Johnson. In 1978 they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"... |
Another Taste | Capitol | Entire Album |
| 1981 | Mary Wells Mary Wells Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s... |
In And Out Of Love In and Out of Love (Mary Wells album) In and Out of Love is the tenth studio effort and first album in thirteen years for R&B/soul singer Mary Wells, released on the Epic label.-Coming out of retirement:... |
Epic Records Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
Gigolo Gigolo (Mary Wells song) "Gigolo" is a dance single written and produced by Fonce and Larry Mizell and released by R&B singer Mary Wells on the Epic Records label. It was the former Motown star's first single with the CBS-operated label and brought Wells brief renewed success on the Billboard chart.-Return from... |
External links
- Mizell Brothers fan page
- RBMA Radio On Demand - Melbourne Marvels - Mizell Brothers (Sky High Productions, Los Angeles)
- Mizell Brothers RBMA video lecture session Pt.1
- Mizell Brothers RBMA video lecture session Pt.2
- Mizell Brothers RBMA video lecture session Pt.3
- Mizell Brothers RBMA video lecture session Pt.4