Silhouettes (Lonnie Liston Smith album)

Silhouettes is an album by keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, featuring performances recorded and released by the Flying Dutchman label in 1984.[1]

Silhouettes
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedJune 7, 8 & 12 and July 10, 11, 12 & 18, 1984
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz, Soul jazz
Length38:51
LabelDoctor Jazz
FW 39420
ProducerRobert Thiele Jr., Harvey Goldberg
Lonnie Liston Smith chronology
Dreams of Tomorrow
(1983)
Silhouettes
(1984)
Rejuvenation
(1985)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

In his review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell stated that the album, "continues the Lonnie Liston Smith string of sweetly ingratiating pop/jazz background albums. If anything, Smith's keyboard work is even more stripped down and lightly melodic than before, and his new cohorts create more mild-mannered, semi-funky backdrops that won't disturb anyone's sleep".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Lonnie Liston Smith except where noted

  1. "Warm" (Bob Thiele, Glenn Osser) − 3:09
  2. "If You Take Care of Me" (Robert Thiele Jr., Davitt Sigerson) − 5:10
  3. "Silhouettes" − 4:38
  4. "Summer Afternoon" − 5:49
  5. "Enlightenment" (Robert Thiele, Jr., Sigerson, Smith) − 4:51
  6. "City of Lights" (Eric Paul Saunders) − 5:11
  7. "Once Again Love" (Tom Barney) − 5:02
  8. "Just Us Two" − 4:17

Personnel

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  • Lonnie Liston Smith − electric piano, acoustic piano
  • Premik − soprano saxophone, alto flute (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7)
  • Joy Askew (tracks 4, 5 & 7), Barry Eastmond (track 2), Robert Thiele, Jr. (tracks 2 & 5) − synthesizer
  • Abdul Wuali − guitar (tracks 4-6)
  • Tom Barney (tracks 2-5 & 7), Anthony Jackson (track 6) − bass
  • Buddy Williams − drums (tracks 2-7)
  • Jimmy Maelen (tracks 1 & 4-6), Kimati Dinizulu (track 1), Robert Thiele Jr. (track 5), Keven P. Green (track 5), Miles Watson (track 5), Steve Thornton (tracks 2 & 3) − percussion
  • Donald Smith − lead vocals (track 2)
  • Babi Floyd, Kurt Yahjian − backing vocals (track 2)

References

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  1. ^ Both Sides Now: Doctor Jazz Label Discography, accessed November 31, 2019
  2. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Lonnie Liston Smith: Reflections of a Golden Dream – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2019.