Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes formed in 1973 after Lonnie Liston Smith had been working with Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and more. They will be performing gems such as “Expansions”, “Space Princess”, “A Chance For Peace”, “Cosmic Funk”, “Astral Travelling” and more.

Ronnie Laws released his debut album “Pressure Sensitive" in 1975 after leaving Earth, Wind & Fire. The lead track from this album “Always There” is his most enduring hit which has been covered by Side Effect in 1976 and became a #5 in the UK for Incognito & Jocelyn Brown. Ronnie Laws has worked with Ramsey Lewis, Gregory Porter, George Duke, Quincy Jones and more.

Marva King released her debut album ‘Feels Right’ in 1981 and songs from the LP “Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong”, “Feels Right”, “Do You Want To Make Love” have become Rare-Groove Anthems. Marva went on to be a member of Prince and the New Power Generation and more recently had a starring role in the Tyler Perry film “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”.