Cleveland Eaton

Cleveland Eaton was a jazz bassist, composer, producer, and educator. His unshakeable sense of time balanced swing with soul and was buoyed by a rich, warm, deeply woody tone. Though Eaton only issued a handful of leader dates -- 1973's seminal jazz-funk outing Plenty Good Eaton for Black Jazz is easily his most well-known -- he was also a sought-after sideman due to his technical facility on acoustic upright and electric basses. He joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio in 1964 for a decade, playing, writing, and arranging. His tenure with the group coincided with their most successful...