Latest Release
- APR 28, 2023
- 9 Songs
- Dreams of Tomorrow · 1979
- Expansions · 1974
- Dreams of Tomorrow · 1979
- Visions of a New World · 1975
- Visions of a New World · 1975
- Explorations: The Columbia Recordings · 1978
- Visions of a New World · 1975
- Love Is the Answer (Expanded) · 1980
- Love Is the Answer (Expanded) · 1980
- Visions of a New World · 1975
- 1984
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About Lonnie Liston Smith
Before becoming a bandleader, pianist/organist/composer Lonnie Liston Smith made essential contributions to important recordings by Roland Kirk, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, and Miles Davis. After founding Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes, he issued six influential electric albums for Flying Dutchman between 1973 and 1977 -- including Astral Traveling and Visions of a New World -- establishing him as a jazz-funk innovator. Between 1978 and 1980, his four Columbia outings -- including Exotic Mysteries and Love Is the Answer -- consciously joined funk, disco, and smooth jazz. He placed eight albums in Top 200. After a spiritual awakening, Smith spent the next two decades recording for Dr. Jazz and Startrak Records through 1998's Transformation. Following a 25-year hiatus, he returned to recording under his own name with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge for 2023's Lonnie Liston Smith JID017.
- HOMETOWN
- Richmond, VA, United States
- BORN
- December 28, 1940
- GENRE
- Jazz