Lonnie Liston Smith Astral Traveling Vinyl

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Lonnie liston smith astral traveling vinyl.

Astral travelling is a beautiful mid tempo track underpinned by cecil mcbee s bass lines and david lee on drums allowing lonnie s keyboards and george barron s sax to float above them. Flying dutchman fd 10163 format. Home products lonnie liston smith astral traveling lp. These were so textured and layered and colorful soloists could blow in them however they liked it was modal jazz without any of the drive.

Astral traveling year. Complete your lonnie liston smith and the cosmic echoes collection. He may have used an electric keybord but he sure was not keith jarret or joe ziwinal. Over a dense backing rhythm he and saxophonist george barron improvise beautifully.

Smith used the keys to create mellow shimmering blankets of notes. Lonnie liston smith was 32 when in 1973 he finally got around to recording his first album as a leader astral traveling. Lonnie liston smith astral traveling lp. Lonnie liston smith s debut album for flying dutchman from 1973 reveals the talent that was to become oneof the biggest jazz artists of the 70 s.

Ships from and sold by bestcdjoint. Astral traveling was the result the first showing of lonnie s cosmic jazz philosophy which mixed spiritual jazz with a touch of funk. The lp marks the start of lonnie s successful career as a leader in some style. Enter lonnie liston smith.

For its first vinyl pressing since the late 70s we ve re created the original gatefold artwork with nat hentoff s liner notes and pressed up 1000 copies in limited edition blue eternity vinyl. Fusion lonnie liston smith and the cosmic echoes astral traveling 1973 gatefold vinyl discogs. 4 1 2 stars all music guide original gatefold album art blue eternity vinyl limited to 1000 copies. By that time the pianist keyboardist had a great deal of sideman experience under his belt and this superb debut made it clear that former employers.