Silhouettes (Lonnie Liston Smith album) explained

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

Reception

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".

Track listing

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/drjazz.pdf Both Sides Now: Doctor Jazz Label Discography