Click on the link here for Audio Player – PBS Jazz Set: Lonnie Liston Smith – circa 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection
Since we’re sticking around in the 70s so far today, I thought I would keep it going with an appearance by Lonnie Liston Smith from 1973.
Smith, one of the pioneering keyboard players in the Jazz/Funk/Fusion/Quiet Storm genre, is featured here just after his stint with Miles Davis, where he formed his own group, Cosmic Echoes. This broadcast performance features Stanley Clarke on bass, Norman Connors, percussion, Charles Sullivan on trumpet and George Barron on sax.
A short set (a few seconds under a half-hour) also features a short interview with Smith where he discusses what he’s exploring, what Cosmic Echoes is all about. Just prior to his transition over to Funk, he was actively involved in Free Jazz via his close association with Pharoah Sanders. Cosmic Echoes was a continuation of that, for the time being. But as Lonnie Liston Smith pointed out in the his interview, the journey had no set destination.
Hit the play button and let the music speak for itself.
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I am themarketing Director for Mr. Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. This is not the correct photo. That photo is not Lonnie Liston Smith… We would like to give you the correct photo of him. He asked me to ask you to change it please.
Absolutely! Please do! I had gotten the photo from another site and was wondering. Send it to Gordonskene@aol.com andI will re-post it right away!
Many thanks,
Gordon
My apologies for the mistake. No excuses, I just screwed up.
Fixed. Please convey my apologies to Mr. Smith for my idiocy.
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