ill.advised: Lonnie Liston Smith A pioneer of jazz-funk consciousness and the cosmic funk he helped usher into the world, @lonnielistonsmith has spent decades bending keys toward higher realms, bridging the spiritual and the soulful. His cosmic, meditative sound took shape as a side-man with visionaries like Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, & Gato Barbieri, blossoming with his own legendary Cosmic Echoes — a tapestry of serenity, groove, and celestial imagination. In this episode of ill.advised, we

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