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The Dazz Band was a funk music band based in Cleveland, Ohio that enjoyed brief popularity in the United States in the early 1980s. The name of the band is a concatenation of "Danceable Jazz". The group's hits included the songs "Let it Whip" and "Joystick"

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Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band is "Miles High"

Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band is "Miles High"

Source: All About Jazz

Grammy winner Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases his debut jazz CD Miles High today. “Are You Ready," the debut single with Skip on trumpet and vocals, features Wayman Tisdale on bass guitar and 6-time Grammy winner Ricky Lawson on drums. The 13-track CD also features sax man Ronnie Laws, 5-time Grammy winner Al McKay of Earth Wind & Fire and Bruce Conti of Tower of Power. Miles High will be in stores on ...

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Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases smooth jazz album 'Miles High'

Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases smooth jazz album 'Miles High'

Source: All About Jazz

The idea of Skip Martin's first solo jazz project was pure and simple: “it was just time".

With 26 album releases as lead vocalist with Dazz Band, Kool & the Gang and his own solo projects, Grammy winner Skip Martin wanted to record a project where he did his “singing" through his trumpet. “I've recorded with both groups in the horn section but never as a solo instrument," stated Skip.

The result is Miles High, filled with hip, cool, funky, ...

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