Showing posts with label good high. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good high. Show all posts

Thursday, December 4, 2014

"Dazz" (Brick)

The song "Dazz" from album Good High (1976) established Atlanta-based Brick's style of so-called "disco-jazz."  Although, the track never felt all that "disco-y" to me; it's sweaty Southern funk, through and through.  (I witnessed an old woman pop and lock to this song at a street fair in Alexandria, VA, once.  Let's just say you don't risk a hip replacement for disco, kids.)
For me, the song is all about that distinctive electric piano riff and that kick drum/hi-hat groove.  I could listen to the intro of this track on a loop for an hour and never tire of it.
But I also can't neglect to mention the flute solo by vocalist/reedist Jimmy Brown (father of Atlanta vocalist/producer Sleepy Brown of Organized Noize).  I'm generally of the opinion that no one—except maybe Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull—should ever put a flute solo in a song.  But Brown sets his nearly two-minute solo on fire.  If there's any part of this track that represents the jazz part of "disco-jazz," it's this.