BRASS CONSTRUCTION

With their cosmopolitan mix of hard funk, big band jazz, Latin salsa and delicate Caribbean upbeats, Brass Construction had a profound effect on the music of the 1970's. Coupling dance floor cool with commercial savy, "BC" masterminded a brand of sophisticated pop that, mixed with mainstream jazz and African folk, extended the historical concerns of black popular music into the rhytmic world of urban America. Led by keyboards player and singer Randy Muller (b. Guyana), Brass Construction was a leading group in the disco movement of the 70s. Muller originally formed the band in Brooklyn, New York, as Dynamic Soul, mixing funk, salsa and reggae rhythms with a more orthodox jazz line-up to create a highly danceable sound. Renamed Brass Construction, the nine-piece group was signed by United Artists in 1975. The members included Michael Grudge (b. Jamaica) and Jesse Ward Jnr. saxophones), Wayne  Parris (b. Jamaica) and Morris Price read more...