The Cosmic Echoes

The Cosmic Echoes were the band led by the American keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, formed in 1973. Their first album for the Flying Dutchman label set jazz improvisation alongside tabla, tamboura and two percussionists, and vocals arrived with the second record. Astral Traveling came out on Flying Dutchman in 1973 with bassist Cecil McBee, saxophonist George Barron, guitarist Joe Beck, drummer David Lee Jr., percussionists James Mtume and Sonny Morgan, Badal Roy on tabla and Geeta Vashi on tamboura. Smith's brother Donald Smith sang on Cosmic Funk (1974).