Lonnie Liston-Smith and The Cosmic Echoes - Astral Traveling (Limited Clear Yellow “Sunray” Vinyl Edition)

Format: LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: RLGM17601PMI
Barcode: 848064017608
Release Date: 10 May 2024
Genre: Jazz

For his 1973 debut album as a bandleader, Lonnie Liston Smith assembled a killer band
of Cecil McBee on bass, George Barron on sax, James Mtume and Sonny Morgan on percussion, David Lee, Jr. on drums, Badal Roy on table, Geeta Vashi on tamboura, and Joe Beck on guitar. Such a multifaceted ensemble was perfectly suited to explore the spiritual jazz that Smith had encountered while playing with Pharoah Sanders (“Let Us Go into the House of the Lord” appears here and on Sanders’ 1970 album Summun Bukmun Umyun which featured Smith), all presided over by Flying Dutchman label owner and former John Coltrane producer Bob Thiele. We’ve re-created the original gatefold artwork with Nat Hentoff’s liner notes...one of the great jazz albums of its era, now pressed on clear yellow “sunray” vinyl limited to 600 copies!

Side One
1. Astral Traveling
2. Let Us Go into the House of the Lord
3. Rejuvenation
Side Two
1. I Mani (Faith)
2. In Search of Truth
3. Aspirations

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