"Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band

Brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...

. "Dazz" is a combination of

disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz". Released in 1976 from their debut album ''

Good High ''Good High'' is the debut album by the Atlanta, Georgia-based band Brick. Released in 1976, it topped the ''Billboard'' R&B albums chart. The single, " Dazz", was a number-one song on the R&B singles chart The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ra ...

'', it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart, while reaching number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 41 on ''Billboard''s year-end chart. In Canada, it reached number 26. Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the

Dazz Band The Dazz Band is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B/funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick (song), Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" ( ...

, took their name from the song.

References

1976 songs 1976 singles Brick (band) songs Bang Records singles {{1970s-single-stub