Real Gone Music

Lonnie Liston-Smith - Astral Traveling (LP)

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Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes groundbreaking albums for Bob Thieles Flying Dutchman label dont get the attention from jazz fans that they should. In fact, among the many distinguished alumni of Miles Davis fusion bands, keyboardist Smith and his cohorts arguably ran with Davis stylistic breakthrough the farthest. In five albums stretching over four years, Smith and the Cosmic Echoes stretched the fusion aesthetic to embrace post-bop modal and spiritual jazz, funk, rock, pop, and even the smooth jazz, quiet storm, and crossover genres. And if those latter styles raise your traditionalist hackles, Smith imbued all of his records with integrity, vision, and his unique spacy sensibiity; instead of playing it safe or commercial, he fearlessly paved a path for modern jazz musicians to follow (Kamasi Washington, for one, no doubt listened to these records at length). Real Gone Music is proud to present his 1973 debut album as a bandleader, which featured a killer band of Cecil McBee on bass, George Barron on sax, James Mtume and Sonny Morgan on percussion, David Lee, Jr. on drums, Badal Roy on table, Geeta Vashi on tamboura, and Joe Beck on guitar. Such a multifaceted ensemble was perfectly suited to explore the spiritual jazz that Smith had encountered while playing with Pharoah Sanders (Let Us Go into the House of the Lord appears here and on Sanders 1970 album Summun Bukmun Umyun which featured Smith), all presided over by Flying Dutchman label owner and former John Coltrane producer Bob Thiele. For its first vinyl pressing since the late 70s, weve re-created the original gatefold artwork with Nat Hentoffs liner notes, and pressed up 1000 copies in limited edition blue eternity vinyl. One of the great jazz albums of its era!

Astral Traveling

Let Us Go into the House of the Lord

Rejuvenation

I Mani (Faith)

In Search of Truth

Aspirations

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