Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions 1975 (Flying Dutchman)

Label : Flying Dutchman

Value :

Quite possibly the most celebrated album ever from keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith – a groove-heavy classic that's burned up many a dancefloor in its day, yet also a record that features some great mellow moments as well! The title track "Expansions" is virtually a blueprint for the migration of the cosmic jazz sound onto the dancefloor – a tune that's as funky as it is righteous – but other cuts on the album slow down the pace a bit too, and show off the mellower, more introspectively spiritual side that's always made Lonnie way more than just a funky jazz artist.

Taste :

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions 

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Astral Traveling 1973 (Flying Dutchman)

Label : Flying Dutchman

Value :

One of Lonnie Liston Smith's most spiritual sessions, and the record that most clearly shows his roots with Pharoah Sanders! The vibe here is much more jazz-based than on some of Lonnie's other records for Flying Dutchman – with Smith playing as much acoustic piano as he does electric, using the former in long-spiralling lines that have a beautifully meditative quality, and which give the album a real Strata East-like sound. Mtume and Sonny Morgan play percussion, Cecil McBee plays bass, and the real star of the album may well be George Barron – who turns in some beautiful Sonny Fortune-like work on tenor and soprano sax! 

Taste :

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes -  In Search Of Truth

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Ο Γεράσιμος Λαβράνος Και Η Ορχήστρα Του – Rebeta Nova N⍛ 1 1964 (Polydor)

Label : Polydor

Value :

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Taste :

Γεράσιμος Λαβράνος Και Η Ορχήστρα Του - Όσο αξίζεις εσύ

 

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Various - Mainstream Funk (Funk - Soul - Spiritual Jazz - 1971-75) 2022 (Wewantsounds)

Label : Wewantsounds

Value :

Funky jazz and a touch of soul -- all pulled from the short-lived but legendary Mainstream Records -- home to a whole host of hip artists in the early half of the 70s! Mainstream picked things up from Impulse, Prestige, and other soulful labels of the 60s -- allowing jazz musicians to stretch out with a new sense of expression, but often in ways that hit a mighty nice groove -- kind of a 70s update of the soul jazz modes of the generation before, but with a few spiritual jazz touches too! You'll know a few names here from older Blue Note recordings, and they've got an updated 70s vibe, and are matched with some hip younger talents too -- all in a great array of grooves that's superbly selected throughout. 

Taste : 

Sarah Vaughan - Inner City Blues

Mike Longo - Matrix

 

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Horace Silver - Psychedelic Sally / Serenade To A Soul Sister 1968 (Blue Note)

Label : Blue Note

Value :

Two of Horace's best late 60s groovers -- both done with a hard-rolling soul jazz approach! "Psychedelic Sally" is particularly nice -- with a strutting little hook that made the track one of the bigger Blue Notes of the time!  

Taste :

Horace Silver - Psychedelic Sally

Horace Silver - Serenade To A Soul Sister

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