Astral Traveling

Astral Traveling

• astral travel
• ABIS_MUSIC
• CD

Lonnie Liston Smith made his name as a sideman. He had played piano for Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri and then Miles Davis. His elevation to Miles' band led to him becoming very in-demand and he was offered the opportunity to record an LP for Flying Dutchman as leader. <b>Astral Traveling</b> was the result, the first showing of Lonnie's 'cosmic jazz' philosophy, which mixed spiritual jazz with a touch of funk. Over a dense backing rhythm he and saxophonist George Barron improvise beautifully. The LP marks the start of Lonnie's successful career as a leader in some style. Contains four alternate versions that were not available until its original CD release in 2002.