Effective period / Period of releases: 1976

Members: Allan Barnes, Delbert Taylor, Andre Richardson (2), Johnny Malone, John Bebbs, Siggie Dillard, Tom Newman (6)

Singer and songwriter Johnny Malone met saxophonist and flautist Allan Barnes while they were students at Howard University in Washington DC in the 1960's.
When the two friends formed Malone Barnes and Spontaneous Simplicity (named after the tune by Sun-Ra) the collaboration yielded "Freedom Serenade". After the albums release family commitments took Barnes to the West Coast while Malone went to work with Carl Pope.