![]() Bailey would co-produce the second album, Dazz, and had a major input into the group's vocal arrangements.The Kinsman Dazz became the Dazz Band in 1980. Harris requested and got Philip Bailey, the vocalist of Earth, Wind & Fire, to produce the group's first album, Kinsman Dazz. Owing to illness, Gaye had to back out of the duties. The group went to Los Angeles to record for producer Marvin Gaye. The group changed its name before the unrelated song 'Dazz' became an R&B hit for Brick in 1976.Kinsman Dazz was signed to 20th Century Records by Joe Lewis. Telefunk eventually became Kinsman Dazz, named after the street in Cleveland where Harris had grown up. The group's hits included the songs "Let it Whip" and "Joystick".The Dazz Band grew out of fusion group Telefunk, which comprised Bobby Harris, Isaac "Ike" Wiley, Jr., his brother Michael Wiley, Michael Calhoun, and Kenny Pettus. ![]() The name of the band is a concatenation of "Danceable Jazz". ![]() The Dazz Band was a funk music band based in Cleveland, Ohio that enjoyed brief popularity in the United States in the early 1980s.
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