Johnny Pate - Constant Wind

Chicago soul jazz coming from Producer/Arranger/Bassist Johnny Pate.

Pate is most likely known for his score work on the 1973 blaxploitation flick Shaft In Africa but was also involved with artists such as The Impressions, Sam Cooke, Stan Getz, Walter Jackson & Muddy Waters to name a few. Furthermore, he wrote, produced & arranged for the Chess, OKeh, King, Curtom labels etc. Below is a track from his 1970 album Outrageous featuring a stella 13 piece orchestra of some of the finest session musicians in jazz at the time.