Fonce Mizell

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Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell (born January 15, 1943 in Englewood (New Jersey) , † July 5, 2011 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American musician and producer who, along with his brother Larry Mizell, in the 1970s Has produced a number of successful fusion , funk and rhythm and blues albums.

Live and act

Fonce Mizell studied music at Howard University with Donald Byrd . After his studies, he became a member of the so-called Corporation , a production team in which he, together with Deke Richards and the founder of Motown , Berry Gordy hits like I Want You Back and ABC for the Jackson 5 and other Motown musicians from 1969 to 1971 wrote.

In 1972 he left the corporation and founded the production company Sky High Productions with his brother Larry. The first production, the album Black Byrd by Donald Byrd , was a success and the best-selling album on Blue Note Records . In addition to other albums for Byrd such as Street Lady and Stepping into Tomorrow , Mizell has worked with musicians such as Michael Jackson , Edwin Starr , Bobbi Humphrey and Gary Bartz . Fonce Mizell died of a heart attack in July 2011 at the age of 68.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Mizell Brothers at allmusic.com. Retrieved January 14, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Producer Alphonso 'Fonce' Mizell dies. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 8, 2012 ; accessed on January 14, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
personal data
SURNAME Mizell, Fonce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mizell, Alphonse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Englewood, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 2011
Place of death los Angeles