Lonnie Liston Smith

Lonnie Liston Smith
Smith performing at Glastonbury in 2009
Background information
Born (1940-12-28) December 28, 1940
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Piano
  • keyboards
Years active1960s–present

Lonnie Liston Smith Jr. (born December 28, 1940) is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with such jazz artists as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion, smooth jazz and acid jazz genres.