Jazz great and master of the Hammond B3, Dr. Lonnie Smith was just named as one of the the NEA’s 2017 Jazz Masters — the nation’s highest honor in jazz — and, along with his Trio, played the Kumble ...

The great master of the Hammond B3 organ, Dr. Lonnie Smith, passed away in September 2021 at 79. Smith enjoyed a more than 50-year career at the vanguard of soul jazz. His influence extended far ...

The great master of the Hammond B3 organ, Dr. Lonnie Smith, passed away in September 2021 at 79. Smith enjoyed a more than 50-year career at the vanguard of soul jazz. His influence extended far ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The jazz ensemble Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio will perform at the Long Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Oct. 5. This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations and ...

Smith first made his name in the late '60s as part of Blue Note Records' stable of Hammond B-3 organ specialists, alongside the likes of Larry Young, John Patton, and, most famously, Jimmy Smith (no ...

At a Blue Nile gig during this year's Jazz Fest, Dr. Lonnie Smith played the Hammond B3 like a possessed massage therapist, his turban bobbing over the instrument as the good doctor released every ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith, an NEA Jazz Master known for his dynamism and wizardry on the Hammond B3 organ, died Tuesday. He was 79 years old. His death was confirmed on Twitter by Blue Note Records. A ...

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Fri.-Sat. Nov. 23-24 | San Francisco-based Hammond B3 guru Dr. Lonnie Smith usually arrives in New Orleans around Jazz Fest for jam sessions with local musicians. Here he is joined by Donald Harrison, ...

Here Smith is putting on a clinic with a camera positioned so you can see the maestro in action. Donald Harrison Jazz News Organists Shannon Powell Video Will Bernard Previous Post Jazz Fest Weekend ...

Dr. Lonnie Smith couldn't hide the pleasure he derives from performing if his paycheck depended on it. Was the veteran jazz organist wrong Saturday night in saying that he enjoyed his opening set at ...