A Garden of Peace
A solo piano closer, dedicated to Sri Chinmoy, that hip-hop producers sampled from Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" on.
Lonnie Liston Smith, from Dreams of Tomorrow (1983)
- Written by
- Lonnie Liston Smith
- Released
- 1983
- Length
- 3:09
- Album
- Dreams of Tomorrow
"A Garden of Peace" closes Dreams of Tomorrow, 3:09, written by Smith, who plays alone, on grand piano with electric piano overdubbed and no drums or bass, as he told Red Bull Music Academy in 2015; it is dedicated to his guru Sri Chinmoy. He told VPM in 2026 that it was written at the piano in the studio.
Stereogum's Nate Patrin lists samples: Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" (1996, produced by Ski Beatz), DJ Krush's "Maze" (1996), Knxwledge's "NaymeDrawps" (2012), Meek Mill's "Respect the Game" (2018) and 2 Chainz's "I Said Me" (2019); Smith also names Mary J. Blige's "Take Me as I Am", which that list omits. No charts, video or live history were found.
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Where to go next
Writing and criticism
- Stereogum: A Garden of Peace samples The samples.
Interviews
- VPM: Lonnie Liston Smith A 2026 interview.
Sources
- Lonnie Liston Smith, A Garden of Peace, Stereogum (2019-03-18)
- Lonnie Liston Smith and Gilles Peterson, Red Bull Music Academy (2015)
- Dreams of Tomorrow, Wikipedia