• 1. Afrodesia
      • 2. Spirits Free
      • 3. Straight To The Point
      • 4. Favors
      • 5. The Awakening

      Classic Jazz / Jazz-funk album from '75, reissued on Mr Bongo, originally on Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant.

      George Benson on guitar credited as 'Compliments Of A Friend', presumed to be because of contractual reasons.

      Other Releases by Lonnie Smith

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        • LP (180 gram) MOVLP3640C£29.99
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        • – Lean Meat
        • Original LP£30.00
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        • LP CHIRS2019£18.00
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        Lonnie SmithMove Your Hand (1969)Blue Note
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        • – Move Your Hand
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          • LP 6514860£27.99
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          Lonnie SmithThink!Blue Note
          Classic funky organ jazz on Blue Note. Similar to Jimmy Smith's "Rootdown"!
          • – Think
          • – Son Of Ice Bag

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                        • – Na Tu Penda Sana
                        • – Vita
                        • – Pygmy
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                        • – Metropolis - Every Time I See Him
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                        • – King Errisson - Space Queen
                        • – Yusef Lateef - Robot Man
                        • – Daniel Humair, Francois Jeanneau & Henri Texier - "Le Cyclope
                        • – Airto Moreira - O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree)
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                          • – Say Yes
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                          • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) MRBLP222G£24.99
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                          Sven WunderMagnolia / LotusMr Bongo
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                          • – Magnolia
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                          • – Through The Looking Glass
                          • – Woah
                          • – Blue
                          • – Symbols Of Transformation
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                          • – Eyes
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                          • – Heat Of The Moon
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                          • – Keep It Movin'
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                          • – Wayside
                          • – Time Ticks
                          • – U&I
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                          • – Dance To The Drummer's Beat
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