Flyte Tyme (band)
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The band known as Flyte Tyme began life as a Minneapolis funk unit, taking its name from the Donald Byrd song. The group featured Jellybean Johnson on drums, Jimmy "Jam" Harris and Monte Moir on keyboards, and Terry Lewis on bass. When Prince decided to form a side project, he recruited guitarist Jesse Johnson and childhood friend Morris Day as lead vocalist (Day had came from another local band called "Enterprise"). Flyte Tyme as a band ceased to exist, as Prince had settled on a new name for the unit: The Time.
When Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis left the group, they resurrected the Flyte Tyme name for their album label.
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