Browse by Artist: SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES, LONNIE LISTON

Artist:	SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES, LONNIE LISTON
Title:	Cosmic Funk
Label:	FLYING DUTCHMAN
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BDL 10591LP

Pianist/keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith played on such classic Pharaoh Sanders' albums as Karma and Thembi, but 1973 saw his emergence as a band leader when he formed the Cosmic Echoes. 1974's Cosmic Funk is their second album, featuring vocals from Lonnie's brother, Donald Smith. Aside from renditions of Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" and John Coltrane's "Naima," this record marks a transition away from Smith's earlier free jazz roots, moving into spacious, funk/fusion territory on cuts like "Peaceful Ones" and the title track. Gatefold, exact repro reissue.

Artist:	SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES, LONNIE LISTON
Title:	Expansions
Label:	FLYING DUTCHMAN
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	BDL 10934LP

The band's third album, 1975's Expansions, masterfully taps into the lush grooves and infectious melodies of the spiritual jazz continuum, with all that stuff about peace, humanity and tranquility delivered in a way that's fully digestible and authentic. A timeless, soul-jazz masterpiece, featuring bassist Cecil McBee, soprano saxophonist David Hubbard, tenor saxophonist Donald Smith and drummer Art Gore. Gatefold, exact repro reissue.

Artist:	SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES, LONNIE LISTON
Title:	Visions Of A New World
Label:	FLYING DUTCHMAN
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	BDL 11196LP

1975's Visions Of A New World, the band's fourth album. Hand-me-down Wikipedia bullshit aside, this album delves deeper into the cosmic soul-jazz meditation of the albums before it, and it truly succeeds with an unmatched level of purity in its late-night, mid-tempo funk. Highlights include the danceable opener "A Chance For Peace," the vaguely Middle Eastern groover "Love Beams" and the world-cosmic soul of "Colors Of The Rainbow." Gatefold, exact repro reissue.

Artist:	SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES, LONNIE LISTON
Title:	Astral Traveling
Label:	FLYING DUTCHMAN
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	FD 10163LP

Astral Traveling is the 1973 debut album from Lonnie Liston Smith and his band, The Cosmic Echoes, here featuring George Barron on soprano and tenor sax, Joe Beck on guitar, Cecil McBee on bass, David Lee Jr. on drums, James Mtume and Sonny Morgan on percussion, Badal Roy on Indian tabla drums, and Geeta Vashi on the Indian tamboura. Traces of Smith's prior work with giants like Pharoah Sanders and Roland Kirk can be heard on this album, Smith's first step toward an astounding soul-funk cosmos. Gatefold, exact repro reissue.

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