Cleveland Eaton (b. August 31, 1939) is an American jazz double bassist from Fairfield, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. His most famous accomplishments are substantial playing stints with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and later with the Count Basie Orchestra. His entertaining style and deep knowledge of jazz tradition have earned him great respect in the jazz community. His 1975 recording "Plenty Good Eaton" is also considered a classic in the funk music genre. Biography Cleveland Josephus "Cleve" Eaton II was raised with an intense comprehensive musical background. He was playing his mother?s piano at the age of five, and turned his efforts toward the saxophone by the time he was eight. Eaton took up the trumpet two years later, and when he reached the age of fifteen, music teacher John Springer introduced him to the tuba and string bass. Eaton played in a jazz group in college at Tennessee A & I State University (

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