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Brass Construction  Changin'  by Brass Construction 1976 -

 On CD Movin' & Changin' the best of Brass Construction - EMI 1993

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 (trumpets), Joseph Arthur Wong (b.Trinidad; guitar), Wade Williamson (bass), Larry Payton (drums) and percussionist Sandy Billups.With infectious polyrhythms and minimal, chanted vocals, the group's first release, 'Movin'', topped the R&B charts and was a pop Top 20 hit. It was followed by 'Changin'', 'Ha Cha Cha' and 'L-O-V-E-U', which were all bestsellers. Later singles were less successful,  although successive
Brass Construction albums rode the disco boom. Muller also wrote for and produced New York disco   group Skyy and B.T. Express. The group's popularity dwindled in the 80s, although the remix crazebrought numerous versions of their early hits into the clubs in 1988, including 'Ha Cha Cha (Acieed Mix)'.

SUGGESTED DISCOGRAPHY

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 Brass Construction (United Artists LP, 75)

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 Brass Construction II (United Artists LP, 76)

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 Brass Construction III (United Artists LP, 77)

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 Brass Construction IV (United Artists LP, 78)

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 Brass Construction V (United Artists LP, 79)

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 Brass Construction VI (United Artists LP, 80)

 

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 Movin' (UA, 75)

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 Changin' (UA, 75)

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 Ha cha cha (Funktion) (UA, 76)

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 What's on your mind (UA, 77)

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 We (UA, 77)

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 Celebrate (UA, 77)

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 Help yourself (UA, 78)

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 Music makes you feel like dancing (UA, 79)

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 I'm not gonna stop (UA, 80)