With Yusef Ali, Joey Baron, Tyrone Brown, Richard Davis, Ralph Dorsey, Sherman Ferguson, Gil Goldstein, Eddie Green, Jabali Billy Hart, Billy Higgins, Marc Johnson, Bob Kenmotsu, Steve LaSpina, Jimmy Lewis, James Ridl, Bobby Rose, Bill Stewart, Ron Thomas and Carl Wilson, CD

On Exit ; Gil Golstein on piano, Richard Davis on bass & Jabali Billy Hart on drums. On The Return ; Steve LaSpina on bass & Joey Baron on drums. CD

One of the hippest funky jazz combos of the 70s – stepping out here in their amazing debut for Cobblestone records! Catalyst had a groove that was unlike most of their contemporaries – a sound that was often jazzier than some of the tighter funk artists on labels like Kudu or Prestige, with some deeply spiritual leanings in the solos – but also a style that was still pretty tight and focused, not as far out as some of the headier groups on the Strata East label. There's loads of great choppy rhythms and tight-edged grooves on the record – thanks to Fender Rhodes from Eddie Green, reeds from Odeon Pope, bass from Al Johnson, and drums and percussion from Sherman Ferguson. Skip Drinkwater produced the session at Sigma Sound, and it's definitely got some of his hallmark appreciation of rhythm in the mix – on titles that include "Ain't It The Truth", "New Found Truths", "East", "Catalyst Is Coming", "Jabali", and "Salaam". LP, Vinyl record album

David Murray on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, James Newton and Max Cilla on flute, DD Jackson on piano, Ray Drummond on violin, Gerard Lockel on guitar, Klod Kiavue on percussion and ka drum, Michel Cilla on dibass drum, Francois Landreseau on ka drum, and Billy Jabali Hart on drums, with vocals from Francois Landreseau. CD

With Gil Goldstein on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Jabali Billy Hart on drums. LP, Vinyl record album

Ron McClure on bass, 'Jabali' Billy Hart on drums, Marc Copland on piano, Rich Perry on tenor saxophone, Conrad Herwig on trombone, Tim Hagans on trumpet. CD

Features Pat Martino on guitar, Gil Golstein on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Jabali Billy Hart on drums. CD