Lonnie Liston Smith – Visions Of A New World

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The follow-up to his classic, Expansions, reissued with original artwork and new sleeve notes. Considered a jazz funk masterpiece, this is a worthy addition to BGP’s series of Flying Dutchman releases. This reissue has been made Lonnie Liston Smith’s involvement and the notes are based on new interviews with him. A classic in its own right, it made the Top 20 of Billboard s R&B charts and reached the top of the Jazz charts. Its lead track was also a single, the R&B hit A Chance For Peace (Give Peace A Chance). Lonnie Liston Smith is a respected and well-loved performer who, in a career that has lasted over 50 years, has played in the bands of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Roland Kirk, Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri. In recent years he has been continually championed by Gilles Peterson on his BBC and Worldwide Radio Shows.