Brick was an
Atlanta, Georgia based
band that created a successful merger of
funk and
jazz in the
1970s. Brick was formed from members of two bands - one
disco and the other jazz. They decided to embelish on such a combination of backgrounds, coining their own term for disco-jazz, "dazz."
Brick's roster included
lead vocalist/
saxophonist/
flutist Jimmy Brown;
guitarist/
bassist/vocalist Regi Hargis Hickman; lead singer Ray Ransom, who doubled as a bassist/
keyboardist/
percussionist; and Eddie Irons, who did lead vocals and played
drums and
keyboards.
They
recorded "Music Matic" for the Main Street
record label in 1976, before signing to the
CBS distributed label, Bang. Their first Bang single, "Dazz," topped the
R&B charts and was number-three
pop in 1976, and they continued on Bang until 1982. Brick scored two more huge
hits in 1977, "Dusic" (#18 -
Billboard Hot 100) and "Ain't Gonna' Hurt Nobody," each with a chunky, propulsive beat and catchy, light pop-jazz refrain. Their last
Top Ten R&B hit was "Sweat (Til You Get Wet)" in 1981.
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