LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND THE COSMIC ECHOES - ASTRAL TRAVELING [2024] (LP) INDIE So much of these songs

So much of these songs meditate on the past in far less romantic ways than I have found myself meditating on the past

and harrowing

" It's a statement of purpose for the rest of the album that this is an unapologetic artist

The results grab the listener from the opening bars and don't let go

LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND THE COSMIC ECHOES - ASTRAL TRAVELING [2024] (LP) INDIE So much of these songsCLEAR YELLOW "SUNRAY" VINYL LP. "Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes groundbreaking albums for the Flying Dutchman label dont get the attention from jazz fans that they should. In fact, among the many distinguished alumni of Miles Davis fusion bands, keyboardist Smith and his cohorts arguably ran with Davis stylistic breakthrough the farthest. In five albums stretching over four years, Smith and the Cosmic Echoes stretched the fusion aesthetic