 She accompanied Billy Eckstine with the Quincy Jones Orchestra on "At Basin Street East", released on October 1, 1961, by Verve.In the 1960s she began collaborating with pianist Randy Weston, arranging compositions (primarily his own) for mid-size to large ensembles.This association, especially strong in the 1960s, would be rekindled in the late 1980s and 1990s until her death.