Voodoo Woman

Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes recorded 'Voodoo Woman' for the album Expansions on Flying Dutchman Records in 1974, with a group that included Cecil McBee on bass, Donald Smith on tenor saxophone and flute, David Hubbard on soprano saxophone, Art Gore on drums, and percussionists Lawrence Killian, Michael Carvin, and Leopoldo Fleming. Released on the Expansions album in 1974, 'Voodoo Woman' contributed to one of the defining records of the cosmic jazz-funk movement, a set that bridged Smith's work with Miles Davis and the spiritual jazz tradition with a groove-oriented sensibility that found audiences across jazz and soul circles. The Expansions album, including 'Voodoo Woman', became a cornerstone of the jazz-dance and rare groove scenes in the UK and worldwide, and the track has remained in the repertoire of DJs and collectors drawn to the cosmic funk sound Smith pioneered with the Cosmic Echoes.