He played guitar and/or bass with Jimmy Reed, the Staples Singers, Muddy Waters, Brother Jack McDuff, Stan Getz, Howlin' Wolf, Woody Herman, Ramsay Lewis, Melvin Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Minnie Ripperton, Dizzy Gillespie, Barry Melton, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and most prominently Donny Hathaway, all by 1970.
During the 1970s, he played on Willie Dixon, Quincy Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Cat Stevens, Ben Sidran, Oscar Brown, Jr., Grover Washington, Jr., Nat Adderley, George Benson, Hubert Laws, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, Earl Klugh, and Harvey Mason albums.
During the 1980s, he added the Jacksons, the Crusaders, Smokey Robinson, Mose Allison, Charles Earland, Joe Sample, Gene Harris, Noel Pointer, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Smith, Ronnie Foster, Little Milton, Buddy Guy, Booker T, and Red Holloway to the list.
During the 1990s, he added Aretha Franklin, Sheena Easton, Dr. John, John Pisano, Joe Williams, David Sanborn, Casual, Spirit Traveler, John Lee Hooker, Carmen McRae, and Diane Shuur.
During the 2000s, he played with Robert Walter, Joey DeFrancesco, Kenny G, Joe Louis Walker, Anita Baker, Percy Sledge, and Bob Dylan.
If you have never heard this song, do yourself a favor and listen to it all the way through, even if crazy jazz guitar is not your cup of tea.
Thanks stickdog99... I watch the Rick Beato channel, (youtube) often, and think about all the unsung greats, that no one ever hears or even knows about. I'm sick with the thought of AI taking over music.
“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.”
by stickdog99 » Fri Nov 28, 2025 7:47 pm 
