Pieces of Peace

Produced in the mid-’60s, the Chicago-based funk and soul group Pieces of Tranquility certainly had the and manpower to attain nationwide success. The group originated around brothers Bernard and Danny Reed, who, because of Danny’s link with Carl Davis, shortly began dealing with the previous OKeh manufacturer and A&R rep on his brand-new label, Brunswick Information, and brand-new music group JaLynne Sound, alongside drummer Quinton Joseph and songwriters Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin. Factors began to remove in 1967 when trumpeter Michael Davis (who afterwards played with Globe, Wind & Fireplace and Phil Collins, occasionally beneath the name Rahm Lee) and alto saxophonist Jerry Wilson became a member of up as well as the quintet documented “Soulful Strut” — a melody that was after that utilized by and acknowledged to Young-Holt Unlimited — and immediately after continued tour with various other Brunswick artists. Along the way, drummer Harold “Large” Nesbitt changed Joseph, guitarist John Bishop emerged on, and co-founder Danny Reed still left, unhappy with having less control he sensed he had. Because it turned out, the complete band was disappointed with just how Carl Davis was leading factors, and after spending time support Gene Chandler, they broke ties with Brunswick and Davis, transformed their name to Bits of Tranquility, and moved anywhere to Twinight, house of Syl Johnson. There, as the home music group, the group documented and helped make singles not merely for Johnson also for Josephine Taylor, Annette Poindexter, and Elvin Spencer. In 1971, by using brand-new drummer Fred Light (who also continued to try out with Earth, Breeze & Fireplace) and vocalist King Johnson, Bits of Serenity released their 1st record, “Move It On, Pts. 1-2.” Right now more developed in the Windy Town, the band induced keyboardist Benjamin Wright (who later perform the string plans for performers like Michael and Janet Jackson) and worked well carefully with compatriots the Pharaohs, who experienced their personal label, Scarab. And it had been with this label that Bits of Serenity made their 1st in support of attempt at a full-length record. With another fresh drummer, Fred Crutchfield, flutist Joel Brandon, and help from Pharaohs users like Willie Woods, Derf Recklaw-Raheem, and Aaron Dodd, an recording was documented in 1972. The associated tour, however, became an excessive amount of for the music group; they split up in Singapore as well as the self-titled Scarab record was shelved indefinitely. It wasn’t until famous crate-digger DJ Darkness and funk and spirit specialists Dante Carfagna and Rob Sevier discovered the LP and a label ready to re-release it (Quannum) that everyone could hear Bits of Serenity in nov 2007 (although song “Move It On, Pt. 1” managed to get to soul-reviver Numero Group’s March 2007 Eccentric Spirit compilation, Twinight’s Lunar Rotation).