GEARSPersonnel: Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Julian Priester, Hadley Caliman, Roger Glenn, Michael White, Jerry Peters, Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell, John Rowan, Craig McMullen, Chuck Rainey, Harvey Mason, Kenneth Nash. By the mid '70s, the embracing and assimilation of soul and funk elements into the jazz vernacular had come full steam. Artists and producers from both communities were exchanging ideas and sounds that once again challenged jazz purists'