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Debut solo LP from this jazz vocal veteran who has a unique four-octave baritone voice.  This is a huge departure from his hard bop styles.  Instead he gets spiritual, spacey, funky, collaborating with experimental jazz rock composer William S. Fischer.  The album starts off with the jazz funk anthem "Celestial Blues" which was written by Bey, but recorded a few year's earlier by Gary Bartz.  The 1974 version recorded by Bey is a much slower, punchier recording and filthy funky! – Soul Strut