Pazant Brothers : Skunk Juice
I promised to bring you some Pazant Brothers tunes, and here we are. We open with perhaps their best known and my second favourite, Skunk Juice, released on RCA (9634).
Alvin & Edward Pazant, aka the Pazant Brothers stomp into our consciousness with a drum and horn driven classic that will be so familiar to those who appreciate the finer funk sounds to come out of Spanish Harlem. Flip the vinyl for the equally tastefully named Toe Jam (another horn and drum classic).
Produced, arranged and conducted by Ed Bland with whom they collaberated on a number of 45s as the Pazant Brothers (on RCA and GWP), as the Chili Peppers (on GWP), backing Betty Barney on “Momma Momma” (GWP) and on the (highly collectable) Loose and Juicy album in 1975 (Vanguard).
As far as I can tell, the Pazant Brothers continue to record music and are active on the internet (I found MySpace and FaceBook accounts in their name).
You can see from the scan, that my copy has some serious damage to the label, but the vinyl is okay and this promo issue sits nicely in my favoured funk boxes alongside Loose & Juicy and Juicy Lucy, which I’ll be bringing to you very shortly to complete the trio of Pazant Brothers tunes in my collection.
Skunk Juice Toe JamPazant Brothers Discography (45s):
Skunk Juice/Toe Jam
Loose & Juicy/Back to Beaufort
Juicy Lucy/Work Song
Back to Beaufort/Water Front Blues
Dragon Fly/Dixie Rock
Fever/Groovin’
Mboga-Chakula (Greasy Greens)/Chick A Boom
Please let me know if you know of any more 45s I’ve missed off the list.