The name Mizell may not set bells ringing in every household, but to those of us who devour the small print on the backs of record sleeves, they’re legends, a family that has made its mark on music as firmly as any alive. Larry, Fonce and Rod between them penned the famous early hits for the Jackson 5, ushered jazz and funk breathlessly into each other’s arms, complete with synthesizers, and also penned the odd disco hit, but their impact was most definitely felt in jazz, where they produced the groundbreaking early ’70s work of Donald Byrd, introducing the synthesizer to his sound and laying down tracks that have inspired samplers down the years. They also found time to help put a man on the moon, but that’s another story. Recently the Mizells have been working with both bleeding-edge producers 4 Hero and Madlib, as well as being part of our very own A Class Of Its Own recording session…
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