Robert “Bobby” Harris, leader and founder of the Grammy Award Winning Dazz Band, formerly “Kinsman Dazz” was born in Cleveland, Ohio.  Bobby started playing saxophone with his father Robert Harris, in jazz clubs in the 1960’s when he was 16 years old.  Bobby played with many jazz greats including Roy Ayers, Freddie Hubbard and Richard “Groove” Holmes.  As a songwriter, Bobby Harris has published countless song titles in his career which can be found on the two Kinsman Dazz albums and ALL fifteen Dazz Band albums including: Invitation to Love, Let the Music Play, Keep It Live, On the One For Fun, Jukebox, Hot Spot, Wild and Free, Time Traveler, Funkology, Here We Go Again, Rock the Room, Under The Streetlights, Motown Legends, and The 20th Century Millennium. 

 

In 1982, The Dazz Band won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Group or Duo for “Let It Whip” written and produced by Reggie Andrews who also produced The Dazz Band hits including: “Swoop”, “Joystick”, “Heartbeat”, “Hot Spot”, “Party Right Here”, and “Let It All Blow”, their biggest UK single.  The Dazz Band performed their hits on popular television shows such as Soul Train, Solid Gold and American Bandstand.   Their Grammy Award Winning hit single “Let It Whip” stood the test of time, and remains in recurring rotation on radio and Sirus XM Radio today.  Artists continue to sample many of the Dazz Bands hits. Skip Martin, lead vocalist and trumpet player, has been performing with The Dazz Band for a combined total of over 20 years.  Along with Bobby Harris, Skip Martin was also a part of the Grammy Award winning Dazz Band in 1982.  Skip was featured as lead vocalist on many of The Dazz Band hits, including “Let It Whip” and others.   Skip’s powerful tenor voice reflects a strong eclectic style combined with masterful trumpet skills making him a force to be reckoned with.  Skip Martin is a MOBO Award recipient who achieved an honorary Doctorate in Music for his high level talents both vocally and through instrumentation.