Sometime during 1973 Billy Cobham People involved Ray Barretto (cng); Tommy Bolin (gtr); Ron Carter (bss); Billy Cobham (prc); Joe Farrell (flt/sxp); Jam Hammer (pno/snt); Jimmy Owens (fhr); Lee Sklar (bss); John Tropea (gtr). Bolin went to New York to participate in the recordings of a would-be solo album by Jeremy Steig. During demo recordings for this album, Cobham heard Bolin and offered him a job on his forthcoming album. Bolin guests on all but two tracks. The ultimate jazz-rock fusion album! Albums & singles Stratus Part 1 (mono)/Stratus Part 2 (stereo) [promo] : US 1973? Atlantic 45-2998 Spectrum [lp] : US Oct 1973 Atlantic K 40506 Spectrum [cd] : US/Europe
Material from above appears on... Tommy Bolin - The Ultimate... [3lp] : Germany 1989 Geffen 924248-1 Tommy Bolin - The Ultimate... [2cd] : US 1989 Geffen 2-24248 From The Archives Vol. 2 [cd] : US 1997 Tommy Bolin Archives TBACD 7
