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Under the leadership of bassist Gordon Edwards, several of the most prolific studio players around teamed together to form an all-star rhythm section that on a part-time basis operated as an independent group. Back around 1967, Edwards put together <a href="spotify:artist:0BGNyKGO4LaL69kurXlaSI">the Encyclopedia of Soul</a> and during the next decade, the group (which just played together on an occasional basis) evolved into <a href="spotify:artist:0BGNyKGO4LaL69kurXlaSI">Stuff</a>. Such musicians as drummer <a href="spotify:artist:0IwfuIL3gUJxjzUqY3wJ3j">Billy Cobham</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4piaw0UhXEi9S0G5CyJo2B">Jimmy Johnson</a> and altoist <a href="spotify:artist:7vNcTk9TgKF0qDsS87nWGE">David Sanborn</a> passed through the group. By the time of its initial recording in 1975, the lineup was set: <a href="spotify:artist:0WJKkoEXsVTxyNZKhdcacl">Richard Tee</a> on organ, electric piano, and acoustic pianos, both <a href="spotify:artist:7ufZw0wQAJmH6I1OXCtIIe">Eric Gale</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4JkqBiy0WH1Gs44Ozs2NFQ">Cornell Dupree</a> on guitars, bassist Edwards, and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:42zoEf7IcpDSvdQjcrSpHl">Steve Gadd</a>; Christopher Parker was occasionally with the group on second drums and percussion. Although the band, which consisted of masterful accompanists, often sounded like a "music minus one" ensemble (as if they were waiting for the main soloist to show up), <a href="spotify:artist:0BGNyKGO4LaL69kurXlaSI">Stuff</a> were quite popular for a few years, recording four albums for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Bros.%22">Warner Bros.</a> and having occasional reunions in the '80s. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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