Lonnie Liston Smith recorded Expansions in November 1974 with The Cosmic Echoes, releasing it in 1975 on Flying Dutchman. The album sits at the intersection of spiritual jazz and club music; the title track's phased drums and cascading keyboard runs were later sampled by Massive Attack, Goldie, and dozens of British broken beat producers. Smith had played with Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming The Cosmic Echoes, and Expansions channels that spiritual jazz tradition into something accessible without being compromised.
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