Expansions

"Amiable, melodic and groovadelic, if you only have one jazz-funk album in your library, make it Expansions".

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"The mixed bag/light-handed approach suits Smith so well here that it's a wonder he tried to hammer home the funk and disco on later releases so relentlessly. The music on Expansions is timeless soul-jazz, perfect in every era. Of all the fusion records of this type released in the mid-'70s, Expansions provided smoother jazzers and electronica's sampling wizards with more material that Smith could ever have anticipated".

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"'Expansions' opened the gate for cosmic fusion soul-jazz with funky undertows and stellar stretching out from Smith and his small group ... "Desert Nights", "Summer Days" and the monumental title track build on McBee's fluid basslines, skydiving in a twinkling cosmos with ecstatic grooves and solos, getting funky on the clavinet-driven "Voodoo Woman" and beautifully textured "Shadows". Summery in mood and melody, but carrying a potent inner strength through its sense of calm (...), 'Expanisions' is perfect for troubled times. Again".