Release date: 13-12-2005(recorded in 1973-1977)

2005 Blue Note limited edition 11-track vinyl 2- LP set, recorded in 1973-1977-As one of Blue Note's main producers during the mid-1970s, the Mizell Brothers sound was so distinctive that you could spot their signature on a song within the first few bars. I'm sure there's a better way to put this but their style was what I would call proto-disco soul; take a listen to a song like "Wind Parade" and you can definitely hear how disco would evolve out of this particular aesthetic: the vocals, the long, building tracks, the shiny studio sound, etc - Sealed in gatefold sleeve.

Tracks:
 01. Wind Parade - (with Donald Byrd)
 02. Reason to Survive - (with Rance Allen)
 03. Change - (with Donald Byrd)
 04. Uno Esta - (with Bobbi Humphrey)
 05. Design a Nation - (with Donald Byrd)
 06. Lansanna's Priestess - (with Donald Byrd)
 07. Dominoes (Fallin' Like) - (with Donald Byrd)
 08. Blacks and Blues - (with Bobbi Humphrey)
 09. Funked Up - (with Gary Bartz)
 10. N R Time - (with Mizellstory)
 11. Think Twice - (Mizell 2005 remix, with Donald Byrd)

Personnel:
Fonce Mizell (trumpet, Clavinet, keyboards, background vocals )
Larry Mizell (piano, synthesizer, background vocals).

As one of Blue Note's main producers during the mid-1970s, the Mizell Brothers sound was so distinctive that you could spot their signature on a song within the first few bars. I'm sure there's a better way to put this but their style was what I would call proto-disco soul; take a listen to a song like "Wind Parade" and you can definitely hear how disco would evolve out of this particular aesthetic: the vocals, the long, building tracks, the shiny studio sound, etc. The Mizells park their sound somewhere between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon if you follow me.

Their work for Donald Byrd's Spaces and Places is probably amongst their best known (though their production for the Blackbyrds is equally popular) and songs like "Wind Parade" and "Fallin' Like Dominoes" are indisputable classics of mid-70s soul-jazz. My favorite Mizell's related track though is Bobbi Humphrey's sublimely mellow "Blacks and Blues" - I love how it foregrounds Jerry Peters' beautiful piano work at the front end and Humphrey's flute floats in with a nice subtlety as does Fonce Mizell's clavinet. It's a great arrangement - memorable from jump and a song you can come back to a dozen times over and never tire of.