Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions (Official Audio)
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- Official audio for Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith, released on Ace Records. Subscribe to the official Ace channel for more classics, lost gems, playlists, and more: / acerecordsbroadcast acerecords.co.u...
I'm 70 years old and this reminds me of my youth. It still sounds so good ! This kind of artist, this music never gets old.❤
I hear you Catherine. Me tooo. My youth this music is the bomb. Evrrrryday!!!!!
Me too Brother! Took me back !!
I will be 67 in Sept. I feel the same way. Long live the music of our generation.
@@ernest472 age is but a number (the old cliche) our Souls stay forever young and we'll be dancing in outter Space!!
Never ages💙
Us old folks recognize the best music in 2024. It's the music from the 70s, big time.
Yes sir. Forever young . Our music sustains us to this day.
Kool as a bucket full of ice cubes 😎
yes...best decade of music ever!! there was a little bit of something for everyone...no matter what genre you liked!!
The Dr. Makes you well. 😊
In the 70s, we didn't categorize the music. If we could dance to it, it sounded good, was funky, musicians were on point, singers were singing, that's all that was required.
Exactly right. Categorization is mainly done for commercial reasons, but I increasingly believe that you can at most say that there is music for different purposes, without attaching all kinds of labels to it.
One of the best songs from back in the days! It's all about PEACE! ✌️
Still awesome in 2024 , we had it good during the 1970's, this song is the proof.
Im sitting by a fire pit in back of my house. Just cooked two ribeyes over it with a tripod grill. And I’m enjoying a nice cigar with a Pinot noir watching the fire die as I listen to this on a blue tooth speaker. Wish you all were here with me. If you were, Id break out the Northern Lights and expand all of your minds. Peace.
Greetings From Brazil
The shizzle!!
Yow!
Rite on Brother
I use to jam this in my '69 Firebird doing 85 or so. This is what I call Riding Music. Play this and hit the highway.
69 years old here.
God, I miss the '70s. ❤❤❤
I too am 69 and have fond memories of good,clean house parties where this was played.
Soul Weekenders at Caister and dancing to this until you're sober, 1979-81. Still a soul freak at 71 !!
This song is a favorite of all us older people. We love it, because it reminds us of how we were fine, living life, grooving with all the music, doing what we do!
A lady of at least 60 years of age, was playing this in her Merc convertible, while parked on my local high street. Her face lit up when I told her the name of this track, a kindred spirit she called me!
Good for u soul chick
Class lives on. I applaud your actions.
Super cool....
Thank You for contributing! What a lovely memory 💁💕
Bright Moments to everyone HEAR 🐝🌈✌️
I'm old, love music, love jazz, love this song, love how everybody is jamming to this groove tonight!!
I was a cab driver in Honolulu when this came out. Driving between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu at night is what comes back to my memories. The days of my youth.
LLS, on of the most unappreciated cosmic fusion jazz giants, not known to many, but sincerely loved & appreciated by those who know
^ this!
You've said it all, Mr Moore. No need for "any moore"
words than that, if you can forgive the pun :o)
👍🏽❤🎶
Daniel Moore god bless you good sir...
Amen
Playing this in memory of my Aunt Rosstella Bean who introduced me to Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith. They are enjoying each other heavenly now.
He's still alive 💚
Back in the day Lonnie and Roy Ayers were laying down the jazz funk
I two am 70 yrs old...this Jam brings peace to my spirit whenever I hear it...Back in da day, had the privilege to catch Lonnie perform expansions at village gate Greenwich Village downtown Manhattan...He blew the audience mind...They scream when he was done...
Blessings of Love🙏🥰..greetings of love from DC🥰🥰..I too am 70 yrs young..back in my twenties there use to be a restaurant on South Capital Street SE....and there is when in Incredibly Discovered!! Mr. Lonnie Liston Smith🤩..he had the ZANZIBAR!!..ROCKING💃💃💃..I got on that floor and Didn't STOP until he was finished!!😂😂..I had the energy, stamina, and vitality ro go on and on😍😂..50byrs later I am still Blessed to" Cut A Rug!!a little bit..at at least..thanks Mr. Smith for that Memorable Dance and Music EXPERIENCE!!
Walterhamilton2116. It does the same for me even today. I used to go to the loft and the paradise garage. It also brings unity.. great memories.
alright now. We know this jam. I do have this album!
1988 i was 16 at the jazz, funk and soul night at the local nightclub when i heard this classic, i was hooked from that moment onwards.
Iam 71 I love this song back then love it more now a'se.
I'm 66 years young and this has been embedded in my DNA since the 70'S still sounds great today good driving music
I’m 73 this month yes it still works and hits the spot every time , a timeless classic of a yearning for peace love and understanding for all mankind , lonnie was a cosmic messenger , some of us heard it but many never did
🎶💚❤️☮️💙 💜🎶
Lonnie is a Richmond, Virginia native along with his brothers Donald & Ray. Their father, Lonnie, Sr. sang with the legendary gospel group, "The Harmonizing Four". Donald is featured here on vocals and is also a accomplished pianist and flutist. Ray is the last original member of the "Jarmels" who made the song "A Little Bit of Soap". Just a bit of history from a homer.
+WILLIAM SQUIRE THANKS FOR TAKING ME BACK ON THAT HISTORY LESSON I ENJOY HIS MUSIC.
William Squire
Thanks for the insight from a homer :-) I wanna make sure I understand, this is NOT Lonnie singing? This is his brother Donald? I've always assumed this was Lonnie on vocals .... wow.
K Jones U KNOW WHAT I'M NOT SHORE,I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT MY BROTHER ....THX FOR THE INSIGHT..GARAGEHEAD
WILLIAM SQUIRE wow and de la soul sampled it
WILLIAM SQUIRE not this song I mean A little bit of Soap
There is hope for the older generation - I'm 72 yrs old and love this groove !
I'm with you. yes!!
yessssssss!!!!!
me too!!
Song is 46 years old and still in the Coolness Hall of Fame. Indescribable how good this song makes me feel. I just know I'm in the wind when I hear it. That intro, that bass, the bongos, the drums and then Lonnie on that synth, then that voice "Expand Your MInd..." A song about love and peace and the brotherhood of man, ending with that plea "Expand Your MInd. Expand Your Mind." Masterpiece, Master Peace, To Everyone Joy and Peace.
Preach ! You said it all. and when these young cats hear this it really expands their minds!
Detroit was the Mecca...they had Motown... znd Lonnie .I was blessed to grow up in Chocolate City when it was, the HOWARD Theatre was on 6th St. I lived on 4th so I'd pass it ereday on the way to Jr.HS, I saw the Motown Review, James Brown and the Fabulous Flames, Gene Duke of Earl Chandler. Five Stairsteps, Unifics, I'm 76 July 1st but still with a Childs Heart as Stevie sang, ✌🏽 peace
Had this album when it first came out, now years later, it is still my all-time fave. It has gotten me through some rough times. Love, Joy, and Peace to all.
Royaytes 6:07 royayresubiquity
Lonnie is putting out a Positive world message with an awesome musical vibration ! 🎼💫🎹⭐️
One of my favorite cuts from the 70's. Still have the album. Great jazz never gets old.
The rap group Stetsasonic sampled this. I was wondering where that sample came from. After all these years now I know.
You got that right 🌻🌻🕊️🕊️
@@keithgupton9349Talkin'all that jazz🔥🤝
Still have this album also!
Had the privilege of listening to this during a mushroom trip, as well as most of his discography✌️🔮
Never heard this before.. Hell, I must have got off at the wrong bus stop.. This is WONDERFUL.. The funk music out of US in 70's was great.
It's not the destination, it's the journey
I must have been on the same bus
Now it's the right bus stop
This music was appreciated by everyone.
*is*
❤❤❤✌️ ✌️
This is my fave record of all time. I'm 65 years young now & I still feel the same about it ❤. Takes me back to my clubbing days when I would always go mental when this came on. I pop this on regularly & I can't sit still to it! Amazing ❤❤❤
That's exactly how this song gets you.
Massimo from Italy .I'm 60 years old, when I listen to this amazing song my legs move like when I was 15! Great song! I love it! 🤩👍👍
I had just moved to LA it was 1975 and happiness was i the air.Lonnie took us to another level of consciousness. That still has a resonating effect on me today. Thx My Brother for opening up our Minds. Amen
Yep!
Heard this in my car on Funky Friday on WXPN in Philly. The intro with triangle, bass, and congas hooked me completely. When I got home I tried to find the name of it on their playlist but it wasn't there. I was pissed! Took me at least five years after that to stumble across it on youtube. I was SO HAPPY!
I'm from Philly. Older person. just saying.
@@imbees2 ?
This is more than music. It's a whole positive energy vibe. Not just a feel good song keeping with the times. It's truly motivating love.
Most of this era's music was about motivating love, on a global level!!! The positive energy vibe was what it was all about!!! LLS mastered the sound of positive vibes, much to our delight! Enjoyment of 40 a year now!
@@geralddutcher3662 well said!
that's how all the music was in the 70s.
@@wandajones8598 Well thank you Wanda!!! Hard to mettle with true fact, aye!?
This is how we used to do, listening to music. This was the groove in the 70s for everybody! A great musical time.
Been listening to this for 30 years, and its still just as fresh.
Makes me feel glad to be alive!
I Hear You!!!!!!!! Me As Well Go Lonnie!!!!!!!!😎👌🏾✌🏿️👏🏾👊🏾🙀
WORD!!!!!!
IT is awesome, everytime I listen I hear something different , choooooooooooooooon
"JAZZ!MUSIC! IS THE GREATEST! MUSIC" I! MADE THIS! THE! (JAZZMAN)! *MIKE SPENCE!
yes it always new, always fresh, because it has cosmic powers
Brilliant 🎵🎶 powerful music of stressful barrier time in mind to expand. The Powerful deadline we all must fulfill before ending mortal lifetime on this universe. This brilliant sound of 🎵🎶 magnetic. You are great Maestro Liston!
don't matter how old we all are. This song is premier, by Lonnie Liston Smith singing from the 70s. Like we used to do, loving this music.
Possibly the greatest track ever recorded. Certainly my Top 5. Downbeat classic.
Top 5, this
The Bottle, Gil Scott Heron
Move on up, Curtis Mayfield
Shaft , Issac Hayes
Everybody loves the sunshine, Roy Ayers
@@matthewbritton6960miss brother Gil so much. no disagreement whatsoever in your choice of tracks, always on rotation. search Gil's Midnight Band live recording from 77 and Bremen 83 for cosmic versions of The Bottle.
This classic needs no comment. Words cant do it justice.
"JAZZ!MUSIC! & THE LEGENDS! OF JAZZ!MUSIC! LIKE (LLS)! RULES" THE! (JAZZ!MAN)! *MIKE SPENCE!
Dude I had gotten this piece. in the barracks in key West fl
TL -- quite... there's a word for that: ineffable
A Classic
The kind of song you just put in your best work on the dance floor and your body movements make the statement for your. Love saves the day/The loft NYC. Thank you David (RIP).
Lonnie Liston Smith. Back in the early 70s, this is the music of my youth. This music was listened and appreciated by everybody. DA JAM!!!! I'm just saying.
True Today as it was in the Seventies Lonnie is a Legend I’m 69 yrs I need a doobie with this jam😊
Definitely rocks ya, don’t it? So much great stuff back then 😎right-on !!!!
This will never, ever, get old. First heard it when it dropped (I was a teenager) and I am still transported today in my early 60's.
Still remember that album cover in my dads records.I just ran across this and almost bought me to tears, i can see pops relaxing,eyes closed,headphones on sipping his drink after a long day.R.I.P dad miss you soooo much🙏
This is the music that makes people think and drink. Yasss
This song is an anthem, great song that all the Black folks loved when it came out. in the 70s. 70s music was so fabulous.
My Pop was in A Real Motorcycle Gang and this track and All of Mr. Smith music playing all over the club house and yards and good Souls Foods.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
yes! :-) :-)
I love this so much, I mean everyone should listen to this. Let the younger understand it did not start with them, we always knew it 💗
Indeed, it is.
Couldn't agree more, been listening to this for as long as i can remember, years and years and years, at least once a week since, it's like a fix i need, it's one of those tracks you hear for the first time and completely blows you away.
Spot on mate ❤😊
Can you feel it... This piece is for eternity it comes from a another dimension full of light and love. I think God spoke to lonnie's heart.. playing this and sharing it for all the people on this earth. I was 16Y and I listen to this album since 40Y... And thank you Master for this soul. Blessed are you
A timeless masterpiece. Listen and be at peace!
An absolute Jazz Funk Anthem...More than Beautiful 💖💖💖
This is the kind of Jazz that makes you feel alive, no matter how old it gets.
What can I say 😮danced this track at all dayers in the 80s just fancied it today but can’t drop foot like I use to only in my head 🎶💃🏾 BIG TUNE ❤
You know it!!! 🤝🙏🎶
As a PlayStation 2 player, this song literally gives me the chills when I play Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
And that's how I became interested on Lonnie Liston Smith.
I'm now 67 and was listening to this back in my early youth. What drives this is basically the bass line which almost stays the same throughout along with the keyboards and Idris's vocals. Back then this did hit the number1 spot for best jazzfunk track and in one suvey it was pipped off the top by the crusaders "Put it where you want it". Still a timeless classic and I'm still playing it. Many thanks for the upload.
AMAZING!!!! My father use to play this original album in our home to expand our mind about jazz music....Then when I get older....I get my membership at the Paradise Garage....and everyone's jacking to the same song....feeling a totally different vibe to what I was taught......and it felt so good!!!! Wow.....how amazing it is to know how music makes you feel....deep inside!
The Paradise Garage! My uncle would tell me stories about that place. He said you didn't start heading there (we're from Brooklyn) until about 1am and wouldn't leave til about 7:30am! Now that's clubbin! He said people who wanted to see stars went to Studio 54...the real dancers partied at The Garage!
Respect from a Leeds jazz man
You're a great man!!!!
Hopefully your uncle mentioned a couple of things to you about the Loft as well, because there was a little of partying and dancing that went on there too!!!
Amen...
The cow bell, conga, bass player, drummer, keyboard player and of course the singing makes this Expansion of music a classic.
How did you not mention the flute at the end😮
Has there Ever been a Greater Dance Track ?!! The JazzFunkerteers from the clubs i frequented did moves to this tune that were sometimes UNBELIEVABLE. The greats of Tap dancing would have appreciated some of what these guys were doing i swear!! This Track caused dancing floors to erupt as soon as the opening cords were played. Gods i miss those days and those Dancers...Magical dancefloor times and this Track was the main forerunner. !! Will always LOVE IT and Tear up at the Memories !!!!
I was in College when this album was released...and all these years later it's still a GEM. Flying Dutchman had some great artists and some Classic recordings.
I was a freshman in college when I first heard this and it stayed with me all these years as perhaps the coolest soul stirring song ever. Certainly was part of my introduction to jazz during those glorious NYC WRVR 106.7 jazz radio days.
Unbelievable how fresh and new this sounds.
How good is this?
Released 49yrs back?
Still fresh as a summer breeze....
Iike how Lonnie started out at the beginning of the song with that funky keyboard sound and then just just laid back in the background but you can still here him in the background doing his thing he just lets the other musicians shine and showing their talents then at somewhere at 2:50 or 2:51 he cuts loose on his keyboard 🎹 again but never overshadowing the other musicians this is pure raw talent no doubt about it
No matter how old you are, this is a premier jam from the 70s by Lonnie Liston Smith-Expansions. This how we used to do!
I bought this album when it first came out in the 70's and have loved it ever since.
me too!!
Me three!!!
THANKS! THE! (JAZZ!MAN)! *MIKE SPENCE!
LLS is Timeless
Me 4.
Skating in the 80s with this on a loop as fast as you can, pure freedom, exhileration pure. Thanks for those memories Lonnie Liston Smith.
I'm 64, never heard of Lonnie til a couple of days ago, just hearing this, the time I've lost
Stetsasonic sample Talkin all that jazz My sister took me with her to see him in London God bless her soul Love her forever and she left his sounds with me ♥️♥️ Lorraine ♥️♥️
I miss those care-free, happy 70's days, when I used to listen to this on my father's 8-track player in his Buick Skylark, while cruising down Southern State Pkwy in Long Island, NY. May God bless Lonnie Liston Smith for making such beautiful music.
Bruh l recall grooving to this in East St. Louis, IL in the ‘70s.
Philadelphia; PA....Driving with Dad..;Or My Uncles; Fairmount Park Music 🎼 🇰🇪✊🏾;1975. Childhood Memories Man.💯‼️
best driving song ever.....many times driving into London town..
Wonder how many.times nearly crashed lol
And LA freeways at night...
Just love the polyrhythmic expression.
@@dporrasxtremeLS3 oh yes under the stars 101 freeway
Over the speed limit I hope dude . Goldmine , Lacey Lady ex patron perhaps ?
I was in my early 20s when I first things track. Blew my mind then,still does now . I'm 58, it's my all time favourite track to dance to. Takes me right back to the jazz room in clubs xxx
sing it now Lonnie Liston Smith!! Broke it down, get fast and in a hurry, his music!!! Back in the 70s. When I was young.
Soothes the soul and a great motivator for never giving up ❤
I salute everyone over here for sharing their experiences with this tune. I''m glad that Ubisoft shared this joint with me through their Driver - Parallel Lines game. God bless everybody.
This is fantastic to be able to trace back all these music jewels.... God Bless.
THIS SONG REMINDS ME..OF MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS IN NYC..SUMMER TIME..IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLE ..RAP WAS FRESH..BRING BACK THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!
RIP Lonnie Liston Smith💚. 1975 classic tune Introduced into our family home by one of my older brothers. Of course I kept it. Such a Classic Tune, I use to take a lot of photos, of people skating in a SW London Park in the 1980s, when Expansions became popular amongst the Skaters.
This is so original, so futuristic, of its time can never tire of this track. Hairs standing on back of neck, goosepimples, heart racing, cant sit still, will not play on headphones in public for fear of being carted off and definatley certified. OUT OF THIIS WORLD MAN
I'm feeling that
🎧🤣😂❤🎶
I been listing to. This. 10. Iam. 60. Dancing. In. Coney. Island. Polor express
Polor. Express coney island back in the. Days. Rides. And music was at it best
That a t you feel this here music wow that how I feel as well so cool this kind of music move souls
My mind's eye still sees the moment I first heard this song in 1975, riding in a huge white Lincoln Mark IV with windows down, driving between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami.
+Ranger Dan That's what it's all about. Gotta love it.
+Ranger Dan My mind's eye still sees the moment I first heard this song in 1986 cruising the streets of Vice City in my Infernus looking for prostitutes to kill.
+chownful I know it's all tongue in cheek but, man, what an ugly sentiment to be associating with such a lovely tune. Guess the lyrics didn't move you all that much.
That sounds like some pimp living right there. How can I be down? #SaysFlex
damn i'll try to live a similary moment cause it look alive af , I have to !
Iv been listening to this on a regular basis for some 40 years - absolutely 100% superb tune.
GTA vice city..... BROUGHT ME HERE ..... AND LOVE IT .... STILL BUMPING THIS THE 2022 AND BEYOND..💯💯💯💯💯🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I never forget Lonnie liston smith...the day's of black light's and day glow posters with fish net's in the corner of your room/incense burning.
I was a Kid 13 year old as i have buy the LP at 1976 !! And i still listen until today !!Great Tune 🎼🎹🎹
2024 and still command's the Airways... Nuff Respect.
This Ole Head has been a Lonnie Liston Smith fan for about 50 years now. I have much of his music on LPs.
From 1976 until now, through the Masters Blessings, his Grace, and Mercy. Still digging this cut, makes me feel good now, just like it did in the 70's minus the weed.
PEACE 😎 2019
Soul fusion at its finest, a cosmic experience when you listen to the genius of Lonnie Liston Smith, especially his early material on the Flying Dutchman label, space age Jazz Funk/Fusion of the highest order, this track Lonnie's finest moment, in terms of crossover sales, with the kicking bassline and conga, with keyboards vamped up top, the heavens open to make you Expand Your Mind
you got it in one my man
Amen brother!
…...and the triangle ya gots to love the triangle on this joint and the semi vocalised flute solo and the shekere's. Dope !
im living testament to the mind expand
"THE JAZZ" THE! (JAZZ!MAN)! *MKESPENCE!
I'm 66 years old I remember this it sound
Even better now
So... I was in a club in London mid 80 s, dance floor was packed SOLID, we are talking hot and heavy, this track comes on and the floor cleared while one girl danced... OMG, I'm never going to forget this song, the dance, that night
How good is this Funk Fusion masterpiece ... mesmerising
This was apart of my album collection when I was in college and the music got me through a lot of pain. This music was my lifeline.
I still listen to 70's and 80' music. Bring back many memories. Lonnie Smith!!!!
This Classic Still kicking in 2019 awesome.
😎😎😎😎
This will be kicking for eternity bro !
Bass line for STETSASONIC "Talking All That Jazz." Pure genius indeed....
True that
and 2020
Still sends shivers diwn my spine all these decades later
First time I hear this song I
Was blast and blowing away and
Update and amazing classic orchestra rocks and roll and club is brilliantly Nubian nation and Africa
People hearing in New York city and back in day and years and now
1960-1970style and 1980-1990style 2000-2019styles. 😀😁😂😃😄😅😆
Back then you could hear every instrument playing to make music, drums, bass, guitar, congo, flute, organ, every sound of music is here.
This tune is before its time, and still sounds as fresh as the laundry I put on my line this morning. I never tire of listening to this classic tune!
To this day quite a few smooth jazz artists continue to cover it and I think that even some rap artists have sampled it
Nice analogy!
One of the very best tunes ever composed lyrically and instrumentally.
Yes I just love expansion by Lonnie listen Smith,it is on of the greatest jazz fusion funk ever I just love it ,and I love dancing jazz fusion jazz funk ,🌹
I was in high school Jazz Band, listening in the basement on the south side of Chicago. 70's smooth jazz.
Extend your hand to help the plan of love to all mankind on Earth... Yeah baby, expand your mind.
Lls masterplan
A'se Good People
Brings tears to my eyes listening to this remembering Larry Levan & Paradise Garage days... priceless!
You’re not by yourself 😢
This song really takes be back to the 1970's and I still play it l still have my albums.
This song encompasses all the greatest of the African American People! Every music created, Every dance can be embodied in this one Song! African dance, Rumba, Salsa, The charleston, Lindey Hop, the Twist, Rock N Roll, Disco, The Hustle, Vogueing, Break dancing, poppin' lockin!!! Just so in love with the classic!
Mr Smith thank you for your beautiful sound.
Expand your mind, , at New York State of mind gone but not forgotten!!