[1] The group that he led from 1970, including Grover Washington, Jr., was successful, and he eventually started playing soprano saxophone and synthesizer.

He had several moderate Billboard R&B chart hits in the mid-1970s and early 1980s on Mercury and later Columbia Records.

Among the musicians that performed with him at the Berlin Jazz Festival was the Alabama-born Chicago resident, Zimbabu Hamilton on the drums.

[3] Earland died in Kansas City, Missouri, of heart failure at the age of 58.

[1] With Lou Donaldson With George Freeman With Willis Jackson With Irene Reid With others