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Radio 6 Music,11 mins

Lonnie Liston Smith - Interview

Gilles Peterson

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Gilles is joined by the godfather of Jazz Funk, keyboard wizard and musical innovator, Lonnie Liston Smith, who's performed alongside greats such as Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane and Sun Ra during a remarkable career spanning 6 decades. His techniques and genre-blending performances, released on the legendary Flying Dutchman Records in the 1970s, contributed to the emergence of a distinct Jazz-Funk movement within UK club culture.

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