 He recorded another studio album, "Drives", and another live album (unreleased at the time), "Live at Club Mozambique" (recorded in Detroit on May 21, 1970), before leaving Blue Note.He recorded one album in 1971 for Creed Taylor's CTI label, which had already signed George Benson.after a break from recording, he then spent most of the mid-1970s with producer Sonny Lester and his Groove Merchant and then LRC labels.