Lonnie Liston Smith – Floating Through Space (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG ~ 438 MB | Scans ~ 146 MB
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Soul | Label: Sony Records [Japan] | Catalog Number: SRCS 6738
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG ~ 438 MB | Scans ~ 146 MB
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Soul | Label: Sony Records [Japan] | Catalog Number: SRCS 6738
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 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 – that established him as a jazz-funk innovator. Between 1978 and 1980, his four Columbia outings – including Exotic Mysteries and Love Is the Answer – consciously stitched together funk, disco, and smooth jazz. After a spiritual awakening, Smith spent the next two decades recording for Dr. Jazz and Startrak Records, through 1998's Transformation. Following that, he turned to session work for 25 years. He started recording under his own name again with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge on 2023's Lonnie Liston Smith JID017.