 In 1972, he recorded a single as Obe Jessie & The Seeds Of Freedom for Stone Dogg Records.He also formed a jazz group, the Obie Jessie Combo, which played club dates, and in 1976 became musical director for Esther Phillips.In 1982 he toured in Europe and recorded jazz in Germany, and in 1983 performed at an "R & B Jamboree" in London, where he reportedly "astonished the audience with a charismatic performance."