"Cleveland Eaton's Half And Half is a mutant bass-heavy monster that absolutely slays. Incredible jazz-funk from 1973, it's been largely overlooked for decades, and unfairly so. This is just sensational music - a crate digger's delight. It's super funky throughout, with lots of layers, jazz breaks for days, dripping with style and gritty class. This is the first reissue of what has been a hard to find record for many years; it's long overdue.
Cleveland Eaton was a revered bassist who played an active role in the backing of Count Basie, the Donald Byrd Quintet, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Terry Callier and Minnie Riperton; amongst many, many others. Half And Half was the first album released under his own name, initially released as a private press record on his - awkwardly named - Cle An Thair Records. It was then picked up by Gamble & Huff for Gamble Records. Varied, string-adorned and with stupid funky grooves, it's just exceptionally good." (Be With Records)
Tracklist
A1 Keep It Funky
A2 Day Dreaming
A3 Here Comes Funky Lou
A4 Betcha By Golly Wow
A5 People Make The World Go Round
B1 Slipping Into Darkness
B2 Missing You
B3 John's Groove
B4 The Love Gangster
B5 Lie
B6 Ah Movin' On
