Uploaded by rovingeye2 on Jun 22, 2009
Taken from the 1983 album "Dreams Of Tomorrow"
Lonnie Liston Smith became a disciple of Sri Chinmoy -- guru to John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana and many other musicians -- went veggie, started meditating, became a new man. For all of that, little had changed in his music, which remains pleasant, gently funky and deeply into spiritual concerns but not in a heavy way. On this album Smith switches between acoustic and electric pianos, while brother Donald Smith sweetly intones the serene lyrics or handles the flute, and Donald Hubbard offers ethereal soprano sax. Marcus Miller, the once and future Miles Davis collaborator, exerts some influence here playing bass and keyboards.
Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. (born December 28, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician.
Smith started out playing acoustic jazz before exploring jazz fusion, soul, and funk.
Smith played acoustic piano with Pharoah Sanders, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Betty Carter, and Gato Barbieri. He later joined Miles Davis as an electric keyboardist in the early 1970s.
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Would be very happy if someone could add Rainbows of Love as it was my fave track on the album. :)
TheFunkindunc 3 weeks ago
LOVE THIS SONG....
stephanie9723 1 month ago
I'm pretty sure this was sampled on Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents II". Classic track.
q0zi 2 months ago
It was A Garden Of Peace that was sampled by Mary J Blige on his Dream of Tomorrow album.
spikyspiky100 2 months ago
Lonnie sez on his site that Miss Blige sampled this on "Take Me As I Am," but for the life o' me I can't hear it. Anyone? Hello?
jeandarc824 4 months ago
no words needed... the soul just feels the beauty of the music
djcua 8 months ago
What ah tune
brmgoons 8 months ago
The truth.
Stonefactor 1 year ago 2
@mrCwinters1000 that's his brother donald singing
1121fatboy 1 year ago
Is that his brother or James crabs Robinson of the group Change whose singing?
MrCwinters1000 1 year ago