Lonnie Liston Smith

• 180 GRAM ANALOGUE VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

• AUDIOPHILE RE-MASTERING

A jazz funk classic. Features club favourite ‘A Chance For Peace’ and the spiritual jazz masterpiece ‘Devika (Goddess)’. Lonnie Liston Smith is really tightening up his groove on this one – bringing a bit more funk into the mix, and creating that amazingly sweet glide in his keyboard sound! The record's still steeped in the righteous influences of years past, but it brings the message out to a bigger audience – letting soul flow into the jazz-based tunes in the same way that Norman Connors was doing at the time – and creating the same sort of warm glow through a mix of earthy percussion and electric keys. Vocals on most numbers are by Donald Smith, who has a great approach that has the depth of Leon Thomas but the warm focus of Michael Henderson – and he's a perfect fit for Lonnie's well-crafted tunes on the set.

PERSONNEL:

• LONNIE LISTON SMITH , keyboards
• DONALD SMITH , vocals, flute
• CECIL BRIDGEWATER , trumpet
• CLIFFORD ADAMS , trombone
• DAVE HUBBARD , soprano saxophone, horns
• REGGIE LUCAS , guitar
• GREG MAKER , electric bass
• ART GORE, WILBY FLETCHER , drums
• LAWRENCE KILLIAN , congas, percussion
• ANGEL ALLENDE , bongos, percussion
• MICHAEL CARVIN , percussion
• RAY ARMANDO, percussion

Produced by Bob Thiele & Lonnie Liston Smith. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, 18 & 20 July, 1975

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. A Chance for Peace
• A2. Love Beams
• A3.Colors of the Rainbow
• A4. "Devika (Goddess)

• SIDE B:
• B1. Sunset
• B2. Visions of a New World (Phase I)
• B3. Visions of a New World (Phase II)
• B4. "Summer Nights