Celebrating #FunkMusicHistory Maze, also known as Frankie Beverly & Maze, is an American R&B Funk band established in San Francisco, California in the late 1970s. Frankie Beverly started the group as Raw Soul in Philadelphia, Pa 1970. They recorded a couple of singles on the small Gregar label, but without any major hits. With a few personnel changes, a relocation from Philadelphia to the San Francisco Bay Area in California in 1971, and an introduction to Marvin Gaye, the group became an immedi