Plenty Damn Funky
Cleveland Eaton - Plenty Good Eaton [RGM-1155 USA 2020 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released on Black Jazz Records (BJQD 20) in 1975, Plenty Good Eaton by jazz bassist Cleveland Eaton was reissued last year after his passing in the Summer of 2020. Considered a master of the double bass, Alabama born Eaton has performed or recorded with John Klemmer, Ike Cole, Bunky Green, The Dells, Bobby Rush, Minnie Riperton, Jerry Butler and Rotary Connection, George Benson, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, The Count Basie Orchestra, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, Mimi Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Julie London, Bobby Troup, Brook Benton, Lou Rawls, Nipsey Russell, Morgana King, Gloria Lynne, Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Magic City Jazz Orchestra, The Platters, Temptations, and The Miracles. (phew) In 1974, he formed his own band, Cleve Eaton & Co where he moved into the realms of funk (always a good place for a great bassist), releasi...