#17 Renaissance - Lonnie Liston Smith - by Profyouson
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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What separated Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes apart from the rest of the jazz/fusion/funk cats were the vocal tracks. His brother, Donald could not only play the flute, he could blow!
Yeah, yeah I know you’ve got your fusion vocal cats like Flora Purim, Milton Nasciemento, Tania Maria and the rest.
Donald Smith is home grown, and his voice is tinged with a kind of native sultry swagger giving him a place of his own among vocalists of the time.
The title track”Renaissance” on the RCA label 1977 is my favorite Lonnie/Donald tune.
