The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black Jazz label catalog, takes the full measure of the man. Cleve recorded Plenty Good Eaton right after he left Ramsey Lewis band, with whom he recorded a grand total of 17 (!) different albums for such labels as Argo, Cadet and Columbia, including the hit records Wadein the Water, Another Voyage, and Sun Goddess. Then, starting in 1980, Eaton spent a dozen years with Count Basies band, and if you can imagine some blend of Lewis soul-funk with Basies hard-driving swing, you might just begin to grasp whats on the menu of Plenty Good Eaton (the album graphics actually present the credits and songs as if they were menu entrees). Vinyl, LP, Bumped on the corner – NM Sleeves