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Lonnie Liston Smith

ASTRAL TRAVELING (2024 Repress)

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For his 1973 debut album as a bandleader, Lonnie Liston Smith assembled a killer band of Cecil McBee on bass, George Barron on sax, James Mtume and Sonny Morgan...

Lonnie Liston Smith

LIVE! (2024 Repress)

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“Live” was recorded at Smuckers Cabaret Club in Brooklyn in May 1977 and as well as a fast prowl through ‘Expansions’ includes extensive...

Lonnie Liston Smith

Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds: The Best Of The Flying Dutchman Year (repress)

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“I came to London in the 70s and was so pleasantly surprised to see the kids dancing to ‘Expansions’,” recalled Lonnie Liston Smith to me back in 2004.

Cosmic Funk
Footprints
Beautiful Woman
Sais (Egypt)
Peaceful Ones
Naima

Lonnie Liston Smith

COSMIC FUNK (2024 Repress)

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Nestled somewhere between the soul jazz, spiritual jazz, fusion, and post-bop subgenres, 1974’s 'Cosmic Funk' headed, as the title indicates, in a funkier direction, with Lonnie Liston Smith’s brother Donald contributing smooth vocal stylings to John Coltrane’s “Naima” among other tunes.

A transitional work but a fascinating one, with surehanded production once again from Bob Thiele