Still digging into early-Seventies soul, I have to admit I’d never heard of Brick and consequently I’d never heard of their disco and jazz hybrid that they called “dazz.”

The band came from Atlanta and was formed from two other groups who respectively played disco and (you guessed) jazz.

Their lead singer – and saxophonist and flautist, and trombonist and trumpeter – was Jimmy Brown, who embellished their smooth funky songs like debut single Music Matic with flute and sax solos.

He was ably assisted by an all-singing trio of guitarist Regi Hargis Hickman and a rhythm section of bassist Ray Ransom and drummer Eddie Irons, with Donald Nevin on keyboards.

Their second single Dazz defined their disco-jazz sound and became their signature single, Dazz, followed by another called Dusic, featuring falsetto-layered vocals.

Disappointingly, they declined the opportunity to call future singles Dunk, Doul or Jasco, opting instead for Ain’t Gonna’ Hurt Nobody, with all five singing in unison, and – their last hit – a 1981 collaboration with Ray Parker Jr called Sweat (‘Til You Get Wet).

Between numbers with a hopping groove and catchy pop-soul chorus, they also played instrumentals, which embellished their funky basslines with extended jazz passages and the occasional ballad.

The quintet broke up in 1988 and then broke up and guitarist Regi Hargis Hickman died in 2021 at the age of 70.