Lonnie Liston Smith

Lonnie Liston Smith

He is to be distinguished from the other jazz organist and keyboardist, Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. (born December 28, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician.

Smith started out playing acoustic jazz before exploring jazz fusion, soul, and funk.

Smith played acoustic piano with Pharoah Sanders, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Betty Carter, and Gato Barbieri. He later joined Miles Davis as an electric keyboardist in the early 1970s.

In 1973 Smith founded the Cosmic Echoes band with his brother Donald Smith, a singer and piano player who has collaborated, among others, with Oliver Lake. Was also featured on the Guru's first album Jazzmatazz.

His track, "Expansions", has been featured in two videogames: ' and '. Another Smith song, "A Chance for Peace," was featured in the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV".

Partial Discography

* "Cosmic Funk" , Flying Dutchman (1974)
* "Expansions" , Flying Dutchman (1975)
* "Expansions" 12" , Bluebird (1975)
* "Visions of a New World" , Flying Dutchman (1975)
* "Renaissance" , RCA (1976)
* "Live!" ,RCA Victor (1977)
* "Exotic Mysteries", Columbia Records (1978)
* "Space Princess" 12", Columbia Records (1978)
* "Loveland", Columbia Records (1978)
* "The Best Of" , RCA (1978)
* "Song For The Children", Columbia Records (1979)
* "Dreams of Tomorrow" , Doctor Jazz (1979)
* "Love Is The Answer" , Columbia (1980)
* "Give Peace A Chance (Make Love Not War)" 12" , CBS (1980)
* "Dreams Of Tomorrow" , Doctor Jazz Records (1983)
* "Never Too Late" 12" , PRT Records (1983)
* "Never Too Late/Divine Light" 7" , PRT Records (1983)
*"New World Visions - The Very Best Of Lonnie Liston Smith" , BMG (1993)
* "Expansions/'Til You Take My Love" 12" , Simply Vinyl (2001)
* "Explorations" (2xCD) , Columbia Records (2002)
* "Introducing" , BMG (2002)

Artists who have sampled Lonnie Liston Smith songs

* "Expansions" , Flying Dutchman (1975)

:"Expansions"::Stetsasonic - "Talkin' All That Jazz"

* "Visions of a New World" , Flying Dutchman (1975)

:"Devika (Goddess)"::Digable Planets - "Pacifics"

* "Dreams of Tomorrow" , Doctor Jazz (1979)

:"Dreams of Tomorrow"::Jay-Z - "Dead Presidents II"::Total - "Rain"

:"A Garden of Peace"::Jay-Z - "Dead Presidents II"::Mary J. Blige - "Take Me as I Am"::Stacie Orrico - "Is It Me"

*"Exotic Mysteries", (1979)

:"Mystical Dreamer (A Tribute To Miles Davis)"::Three 6 Mafia - "Smoke If U Got It"

Tracks appear on

* ""
* ""
* "Grand Theft Auto IV"

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:q69fs37ba39g~T1 Lonnie Liston Smith Bio at the All Music Guide]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lonnie+Liston+Smith Lonnie Liston Smith discography at Discogs.com]
* [http://www.lonnielistonsmith.net/ Official Website]
* [http://www.icebergradio.com/lonnielistonsmith Audio interview] recorded November 13, 2006


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