Real name: New Central Connection Unlimited

Effective period / Period of releases: 1977

Members: Aaron Mills, Stanley Baird, Thomas Clyde, Norris "Country" Duckett, Marion Wiggins, Clifton Cotton, Charlie Brown (14)

US funk/soul band formed at North Carolina Central University in the mid-1970s. Jazz trumpeter and NCCU professor of music Donald Byrd agreed to manage and produce the group. Through Byrd’s connections, the band secured a recording deal with the national label United Artists. Several members previously worked with bands in Durham, Asheville, and Chapel Hill.

Stanley Baird (saxophone)
Thomas 'Bonnie' Clyde (alto saxophone, synthesizer and electric piano)
Marion 'Mouse' Wiggins (trumpet, flugelhorn and synthesizer)
Charlie Brown (drums)
Norris 'Country' Duckett (guitar)
Aaron 'Electric Man' Mills (bass)
Clifton Cotton (organ)