Lonnie Liston Smith - Sais (Egypt)

[visionkingdom]

ALL MAN I WAS A YOUNGSTER WEN I 1ST HEARD DIS 1.I USE 2 PLAY MY DRUMS OFF DIS CUT AND ALBUM.AND LISTENING 2 IT NOW I CAN GRAB SO MANY MUSICAL ELEMENTS FROM IT.I WUD MOST DEF PUT DIS CUT AS 1 OF HIS STAPLE CONTRIBUTIONS 2 DA JAZZ SCENE NATIONWIDE.ESPECIALLY UP IN HARLEM AND DEN ACROSS DA SEAS 2 KEMET(EGYPT).I THINK DIS PEICE ALSO DECRIBES BLK FOLKS JOURNEYS.PEACE.

[felixagnes87]

Such a beautiful song. Very wonderful to hear this.

[groupshot]

Oh do I remember this one -- a treasure, a mystical, impressionistic, and so tender piece -- with George Barron on Bb Soprano Saxophone, who so beautifully catches the true personality of this most rarified of the saxophones.

[michaelajordan1]

quite right it's a damn right disgrace when you consider lilly allen gets 17 - 20 miliion views. superb transcendental riddim

[mooreyb]

This recording is from Lonnie's 2nd LP 1974. Astral Traveling was his 1st. A Era that left so many great masterpieces. Too bad Lonnie never got his real due respect. His name should be famous. His music has always touched my spirit.

[BacksidePL]

@mooreyb That's 100% true. He was a real innovator in jazz music and o pioneer of this nuJazz-like, soft, magical rhythms.

Besides his LP's, he recorded in lat '60 and early '70 with Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri and Miles Davis.

And this recording is a Temple - I always shivers beacause of this sax.

[kevhar12]

I like it. I think I`ll start looking into more of his work. This brother is tight.

[henryhansun]

Imagine a summer listening to Lonnie, Pharoah, Miles(On the Corner) Funkadelic(Westbound Years) Richard Davis, Ronnie Foster etc. This is what I was into when I first start diggin'. Gave me a very eclectic outlook on the sound of music. Cosmic Funk was and still is one of my favorites today...

[berlin43m]

try the thing with sonny rollins - same great !!

[shermn8]

I strongly suggest to purchase a turntable that converts vinyl to CD format; LLS was/is one of the all-time greatest composer/writer/musician ever. How about requesting some of this music from your local jazz stations!!! See if the young DJs know what is straight hip!!

[batosmak]

Why am I just finding out about this Brother? Lonnie is no joke. Very groundbreaking. He should re release all his stuff. Bet it would outsell most of this other formulaic garbage...

[kmal16]

A favorite in my record collection. Indeed, a shame this hasn't gotten more views, perhaps because it was uploaded recently. L.L. Smith is also a fantastic piano player, in the vein of Alice Coltrane. I used to listen to all of his records when I was younger. A man with a great message in his music along with Pharoah Sanders, Alice C., Roy Ayers (vibes) and a few others who conveyed wonderful spiritual messages in jazz music and made frequent use of modal scales.

[BacksidePL]

Good to know that I'm not the only one who likes this record most from all LLS works - however many of them where very impresive, both as a leader and a sideman.

[cosmicgirl5]

@kmal16 yes i am also a fan of LL Smith

[Bouddhabuzz]

This is indeed an amazing song. Less than 500 views? It's a disgrace.