The Organ Summit at the Iridium Jazz Club, March 9-14

This all-star organ blowout includes the legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff and rising star Joey DeFrancesco in a three organ jam-fest with star saxophonist Houston Person to keep it on full boil! Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith came to prominence in the mid-'60s as a member of George Benson's classic quartet before going on to play with Lou Donaldson (contributing some memorable solos to the alto saxman's hit 1967 album Alligator Boogaloo). His own dates for Blue Note, Think and Drives continue to inspire a new generation of players with his funk influenced riffs. Legendary Jazz Organist Jimmy McGriff's recordings of I've Got a Woman and All About My Girl were R & B and jukebox staples during the Sixties. With Feelin' It, his thirteenth album for Milestone Records (counting the five he's cut as co-leader with Hank Crawford), the Hammond organ grinder remains true to the blues grounding for which he