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His music was a cosmically inspired spiritual interpretation of the music he had been making during his time with Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri and Miles Davis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1976, \u003ci\u003eReflections On A Golden Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, the follow-up to \u003ci\u003eExpansions\u003c\/i\u003e, was his fifth album for Flying Dutchman and featured the core band of the Cosmic Echoes, including his brother Donald Smith, David Hubbard and Wilby Fletcher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for the music, this album is a classic, with the funky ‘Get Down Everybody (It’s Time For World Peace)’, the reflective ‘Quiet Dawn’ and ‘Meditations’ and the sumptuous ‘Beautiful Woman’. \u003ci\u003eReflections\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOf A Golden Dream\u003c\/i\u003e was also the first of Lonnie’s albums to feature his own vocals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a lost classic everyone should own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGP","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50416809443659,"sku":"2022816","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/HIQLP_106_LONNIE_LISTON_SMITH_Reflections_LP_63a4e438_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726710434"},{"product_id":"renaissance-2","title":"Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the success of \u003ci\u003eExpansions\u003c\/i\u003e, Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes were riding high, with Lonnie at the height of his creative powers and his brother Donald’s vocals adding to the cosmic jazz sound. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo more albums had followed on Flying Dutchman before changes at RCA meant that it was decided that the next long-player would be released on the parent label. As such, the final Cosmic Echoes album was something of an outlier and has remained out of print since the early 2000s. A glorious concoction that saw the group mix up Lonnie’s innate sense of melody, rhythm and spiritual consciousness, it was a fitting finale in the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by Bob Thiele and Lonnie, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance\u003c\/i\u003e is restored to its position in the Flying Dutchman catalogue by this BGP reissue. A masterpiece of cosmic jazz funk, it includes the reflective ‘Between Here And There’, ‘Space Lady’ and the jazz dance classic ‘Mardi Gras (Carnival)’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGP","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50467329245515,"sku":"1162110","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467329343819,"sku":"1132382","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/19917509-6301-44d3-aeae-087a52e84f9f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727337164"},{"product_id":"expansions-cosmic-funk","title":"Expansions \/ Cosmic Funk","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Expansions’ reaches its 50th anniversary of recording this year. The ground-breaking jazz funk track is one of the most influential records in club music, being a dancefloor hit in the UK and New York on release, and going on to be a foundation piece for club culture. It has been sampled, quoted and remade and now for the first time the full length version is available on a 7-inch single. It is paired with ‘Cosmic Funk’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGP","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50471155433803,"sku":"2205192","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/BGPS_076A_a9390924_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727393434"},{"product_id":"expansions-3","title":"Expansions","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonnie’s 1975 jazz-funk masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Miles Davis and Pharoah Sanders keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith saw all his musical ideas coming together for this, his third album. The title track is one of the best-known jazz funk classics; its influence on several generations of clubbers cannot be underestimated. It is a glorious amalgamation of jazz players and the tenor voice of Lonnie’s brother Donald. However, the track’s success has resulted in the album becoming rather overlooked and its other six pieces under-appreciated.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Desert Nights\" and \"Voodoo Woman\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e give vent to Lonnie’s improvisational skills over a modal base. \"Summer Days\" and \"My Love\" are based around Latin rhythms, with the latter proving another great vehicle for Donald Smith’s voice. 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