Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling Vinyl LP
Lonnie Liston Smith uses the Rhodes-infused opening track from Pharoah Sandersā Thembi (a tune which he composed and played on) as the jumping off point for an extraordinary five-album run with Flying Dutchman in the 1970s. He reframes the decidedly Eastern-tinged version found on Pharoahās album with smokey nightclub vibes and even more syrupy grooves, without compromising any the tuneās transportive qualities. From there he jumps on ye olde grand piano for some sublime ivory tickling (āLet Us Go Into The House Of The Lordā) backed by the Cosmic Echoes crew (Mtume, Cecil McBee and more) fully living up to their name. āRejuvinationā sports some absolutely batshit sax blowing fromĀ George Barron (who?). āI Mani (Faith)ā is the most Pharoah-esque cut (Ć la āGreeting To Saudā) with divine textured instrumentation giving way to free jazz freakouts. āIn Search Of Truthā is sparse and experimental but funky, āAspirationsā winds ye down with utterly gorgeous, highly-sampleable solo Rhodes (4:20 worth to be precise š). Just killer. I slept on this one for a long time - maybe the artwork is a little too on the nose, or I was just too obsessed with the Roni Size loop on Expansions. Anyway, I'm here now and so are you. Ace reissue by Real Gone MusicĀ with full repro gatefold jacket, recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- housed in full color gatefold jacket
- original release year: 1973
- music label:Ā Real Gone Music 2022
reviewed byĀ nick nightingaleĀ 08/2019
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Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling Vinyl LP
Lonnie Liston Smith uses the Rhodes-infused opening track from Pharoah Sandersā Thembi (a tune which he composed and played on) as the jumping off point for an extraordinary five-album run with Flying Dutchman in the 1970s. He reframes the decidedly Eastern-tinged version found on Pharoahās album with smokey nightclub vibes and even more syrupy grooves, without compromising any the tuneās transportive qualities. From there he jumps on ye olde grand piano for some sublime ivory tickling (āLet Us Go Into The House Of The Lordā) backed by the Cosmic Echoes crew (Mtume, Cecil McBee and more) fully living up to their name. āRejuvinationā sports some absolutely batshit sax blowing fromĀ George Barron (who?). āI Mani (Faith)ā is the most Pharoah-esque cut (Ć la āGreeting To Saudā) with divine textured instrumentation giving way to free jazz freakouts. āIn Search Of Truthā is sparse and experimental but funky, āAspirationsā winds ye down with utterly gorgeous, highly-sampleable solo Rhodes (4:20 worth to be precise š). Just killer. I slept on this one for a long time - maybe the artwork is a little too on the nose, or I was just too obsessed with the Roni Size loop on Expansions. Anyway, I'm here now and so are you. Ace reissue by Real Gone MusicĀ with full repro gatefold jacket, recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- housed in full color gatefold jacket
- original release year: 1973
- music label:Ā Real Gone Music 2022
reviewed byĀ nick nightingaleĀ 08/2019
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Lonnie Liston Smith uses the Rhodes-infused opening track from Pharoah Sandersā Thembi (a tune which he composed and played on) as the jumping off point for an extraordinary five-album run with Flying Dutchman in the 1970s. He reframes the decidedly Eastern-tinged version found on Pharoahās album with smokey nightclub vibes and even more syrupy grooves, without compromising any the tuneās transportive qualities. From there he jumps on ye olde grand piano for some sublime ivory tickling (āLet Us Go Into The House Of The Lordā) backed by the Cosmic Echoes crew (Mtume, Cecil McBee and more) fully living up to their name. āRejuvinationā sports some absolutely batshit sax blowing fromĀ George Barron (who?). āI Mani (Faith)ā is the most Pharoah-esque cut (Ć la āGreeting To Saudā) with divine textured instrumentation giving way to free jazz freakouts. āIn Search Of Truthā is sparse and experimental but funky, āAspirationsā winds ye down with utterly gorgeous, highly-sampleable solo Rhodes (4:20 worth to be precise š). Just killer. I slept on this one for a long time - maybe the artwork is a little too on the nose, or I was just too obsessed with the Roni Size loop on Expansions. Anyway, I'm here now and so are you. Ace reissue by Real Gone MusicĀ with full repro gatefold jacket, recommended.
- black vinyl pressing
- housed in full color gatefold jacket
- original release year: 1973
- music label:Ā Real Gone Music 2022
