The Players Association was a New York based studio group, put together by drummer/arranger Chris Hills and producer Danny Weiss in 1977 on Vanguard Records.
[1] The Players Association recordings brought in leading jazz session musicians such as Joe Farrell, David Sanborn, James Mtume, Bob Berg, Mike Mandel, synthesist Marcus Barone, and Lorraine Moore on vocals as well as others.
[1] Their two biggest hits were "Disco Inferno," a cover of the Trammps tune, and their own composition "Turn the Music Up!"
"Disco Inferno" was an underground club hit in the United States and the United Kingdom, and was most notable for the piercing solos from trumpeter Jon Faddis, and Michael Brecker and David Sanborn on tenor and alto sax.
The band proved more popular in the United Kingdom,[2] where they scored three chart singles, including the disco hit "Turn the Music Up!