Freeez

Few acts transitioned in the early 1980s from jazz-funk to electro. Herbie Hancock excepted, none did it with as much creative and commercial success as Freeez. Active from the tail-end of the '70s through 1985, the London-based band scored Top Ten pop hits in their native U.K. with "Southern Freeez" (1981) and "I.O.U." (1983), the latter of which also topped the U.S. club chart. Started and piloted by John Rocca, Freeez released their first singles in 1980 through the musician and producer's intentionally misspelled Pink Rythm label. The instrumental "Keep in Touch" and "Sta...