BRASS CONSTRUCTION
Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968.
Bras… Read Full Bio ↴BRASS CONSTRUCTION
Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968.
Brass Construction were the brainchild of keyboards player and singer Randy Muller (b. Guyana). In 1975, their debut album changed the face of dance music and is still a huge influence some 30 years on.
Randy originally formed the band in Brooklyn, New York, under the name of Dynamic Soul. Renamed Brass Construction, the nine-piece group were 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 their tight horn section and brief, 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' (From Brass Construction II) and 'L-O-V-E U', which were all best-sellers.
Jeff Lane produced Brass Construction's albums up until the 1982 'Attitudes' set, at which point Randy Muller took over the production chores. Brass Construction's albums all sold well and they even endured the lightweight Disco era.
Randy also wrote for and produced New York disco group Skyy and was the string arranger for the group B.T Express.The group moved into the 80's with less pop hits, however, club interest was as high as ever.
The remix craze brought numerous versions of their early hits into the clubs in 1988, including 'Ha Cha Cha (Acieed Mix)'. Randy then moved into producing one off 12" singles including B.C. Underground's 'Let The World Dance'.
Incidentally, Randy Muller is a classically trained flautist and has recorded a classical album utilising the instrument.
brass construction - soul walking UK page
They will forever be the tightest group.
Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968.
Bras… Read Full Bio ↴BRASS CONSTRUCTION
Formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968.
Brass Construction were the brainchild of keyboards player and singer Randy Muller (b. Guyana). In 1975, their debut album changed the face of dance music and is still a huge influence some 30 years on.
Randy originally formed the band in Brooklyn, New York, under the name of Dynamic Soul. Renamed Brass Construction, the nine-piece group were 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 their tight horn section and brief, 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' (From Brass Construction II) and 'L-O-V-E U', which were all best-sellers.
Jeff Lane produced Brass Construction's albums up until the 1982 'Attitudes' set, at which point Randy Muller took over the production chores. Brass Construction's albums all sold well and they even endured the lightweight Disco era.
Randy also wrote for and produced New York disco group Skyy and was the string arranger for the group B.T Express.The group moved into the 80's with less pop hits, however, club interest was as high as ever.
The remix craze brought numerous versions of their early hits into the clubs in 1988, including 'Ha Cha Cha (Acieed Mix)'. Randy then moved into producing one off 12" singles including B.C. Underground's 'Let The World Dance'.
Incidentally, Randy Muller is a classically trained flautist and has recorded a classical album utilising the instrument.
brass construction - soul walking UK page
They will forever be the tightest group.
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@moehammondmedia
All I can say is wow. This is what kids were doing in every hood in the 70’s.
@gerryphillips5744
Big Brooklyn memories from this song. I remember my friends and I would be playing a game of skelly on Jerome St. in East New York and we would have to stand up and let the big Brass Construction cargo van pass by and go down the street. I think some of these guys even went to George Gershwin junior high school with us. Yes, occasionally the big truck with the Brass Construction logo on the side would roll down our block on their way to or from somewhere and we would just stop and stare. Back when we had real musicians playing real instruments producing real music like this. And yes, this is the jam that was playing in the background when Florida Evans read the telegram that informed her and the family and friends that James was killed in an auto accident. Great memories.
@melodysanger103
THIS WEEK IN MUSIC HISTORY
On May 8, 1976 The Number One Cut On The R&B Chart was "Movin" by Brass Construction. [05/09/2020]
@basquait1
A time when Black People determine what was Hot and not some cat from Mayberry, USA.
@ETandAssociates
Brass Construction, Ohio Players, Prince, James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire spawned many cover bands up here in Toronto who often sounded more like the originals than the bands they covered. A popular club called Peaches on Pears in the Yorkville area was an R&B incubator for acts like these. Sometimes there were so many band members (involving monster arrangements with brass, percussion, guitars and key boards) that the stage could barely hold them. Many hard core club patrons thought nothing of driving over the border from Buffalo, NYC and Detroit to hear them.
@Kemet3.0
We here in Cleveland need to bring that back... Back and forth from Toronto to Cleveland.
@starlingdavidhunter3
I grew up with all those bands--and many others--as a young kid in the 1970s but never imagined it would remain as popular so many years later
@MrRoses0806
didnt know it at the time it aired, but this was the song being played in the background when they found out James was killed on Good Times 😢
@JAWrightonline
Good ear.
@metriusadams60
Yep it was