Biography

One of the pioneers of jazz fusion, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith got his start in New York City's thriving early-1960s jazz scene. He accompanied Betty Carter, and went on to work with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders, and Miles Davis, all of whom helped to hone his supple, funk-inflected style. In '73, Smith formed the Cosmic Echoes, who recorded a number of successful soft fusion albums and had an R&B hit with "Space Princess."

Top Tracks

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• A Song For The Children

• Astral Travelling

• Cosmic Funk

• Expansions

• Journey Into Love

• Night Flower

• Space Lady

• Space Princess

• Street Festival

• Voodoo Woman

Discography

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• Transformation

  Ichiban

  1998

• Ankhspansion

  Novus

  1991

• Magic Lady

  Startrak

  1991

• Love Is the Answer

  Columbia

  1980

• A Song for the Children

  Cherry Red

  1979

• Loveland

  1978

• Cosmic Funk

  Flying Dutchman / RCA

  1974

• Astral Traveling

  Bluebird RCA / RCA

  1973