The Pazant Brothers

about

Led by the world-renown musical tandem Edward and Alvin Pazant, the Pazant Brothers Orchestra is comprised of veterans who bring hundreds of years of combined experience to the stage, culled from playing with the likes of heavyweights such as Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Art Blakey. Ed and Al Pazant’s musical heritage runs long and deep. Growing up in the musically rich southern town of Beaufort, South Carolina, the brothers were immersed from a very young age. “Our grandparents played everything—drums, horns, piano--our father had a quartet and my mother played the most soulful ballads you could imagine,” Ed recounts. One of his earliest childhood memories is trying to stand on his tip-toes to “look over the top of the piano keys.” A few years older than Al, Ed first learned the piano, but was quickly drawn to the power of the horns. “See, every year the local Marine marching band would play for the parades, and all those shiny horns got me hooked.” By the age of ten he had mastered the clarinet, then moved onto sax, flute and oboe, along the way leading his own band, The Harlem Knights. Alvin likewise was stimulated by all of the musical activity around him, both within the family and out on the streets. “See, you’d hear brass bands, military bands, jazz groups, rock n’ roll outfits, blues singers everywhere.” Al remembers. But it was hearing Louis Armstrong on wax that really pushed him to make the trumpet his instrument of choice. “It was a done deal

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The Brothers Funk: Rare New York City Funk

Skunk Juice: Dirty Funk From The Big Apple

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Cold Sweat

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Best Of Super Funk

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let there be funk

The Brothers Funk

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Live At the Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Super Breaks: Essential Funk, Soul & Jazz Samples & Break Beats

The Brothers Funk : Rare New York City Funk 1969-1975

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The Brothers Funk Rare New York City Funk 1969-1975

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Let There Be Funk: Rare 70's Heavy Duty Cuts

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SuperFunk

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