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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Too Damn Hot!

Read "Too Damn Hot!" reviewed by Jim Santella


Dr. Lonnie Smith and Peter Bernstein deliver a fiery package that features soulful grooves and heartfelt blues. Each makes use of a highly effective technical mastery to interpret with fire.Typically, guitarist Bernstein begins a piece with flowing melody and gentle persuasion. Organist Smith follows with a feature that builds from subtle embers to a ...

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Too Damn Hot!

Read "Too Damn Hot!" reviewed by AAJ Staff


The general popularity of the Hammond organ may rise and fall (and given the fads of the day, its peaks and valleys can be remarkably extreme), Dr. Lonnie Smith stands by it like an old friend. Or sits in front of it, as the case may be if you're lucky. Since his early days in the ...

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Too Damn Hot!

Read "Too Damn Hot!" reviewed by John Kelman


Some times heat can be an intense thing that engulfs everything instantaneously, other times it can be a slow burn that gradually consumes. With a more relaxed attitude and behind-the-beat approach, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith may understand both concepts but leans to the slow burn on Too Damn Hot! , his début recording for Palmetto Records. ...

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Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning

Label: Music On Vinyl
Released: 2003
Track listing: Saturday Night; Intro From Blue Note Live At The Roxy; Black Byrd; I'm A Woman; The Beat Goes On; Serenade To A Savage; Desire On Fire; Deb Sombo; Elijah; Fever; Soul Cha; Sookie Sookie; Groovin' For Mr. G; Rose Rouge (Blaze Shelter Long Mix); London Lowdown (Sacred Rhythm Guitar Version); Sunday Morning; Smiling Faces Sometimes; Save The Children; I Love You; My Little Girl; Lush Life; Song For My Father; As; Groove; Move Your Hand; Goin' Down South; Ghana Spice Pt. 1; Afro Blue; Harlem River Drive; Book Of Slim; Music Is My Sanctuary;

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Boogaloo To Beck

Label: Scufflin
Released: 2003
Track listing: Paper Tiger; Tropicalia; Mixed Buziness; The New Pollution; Devil

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: The Doctor is In...

Read "Dr. Lonnie Smith: The Doctor is In..." reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


Dr. Lonnie Smith, a pillar in the jazz pantheon, is one of the most influential organists to ever man the helm of the Hammond B-3, an instrument he refers to paradoxically as both “the monster" and “the love of my life". His dynamic playing and prolific composing is featured on over 70 recordings, and he has ...

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Boogaloo To Beck

Read "Boogaloo To Beck" reviewed by Jim Santella


On this tribute, the songs of Beck serve as a starting point from which Dr. Lonnie Smith and his ensemble launch soulful interpretations. The groove runs deep, and Smith’s animated motions can have you boogaloo-ing at your seat in minutes. The organist’s spontaneous tirades turn loose the reins for a wild ride. His ...

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Organic Grooves

Label: Limited Edition (6)
Released: 2002
Track listing: Broadway; Luny Tune; True Blue; Old Wine New Bottles; Smokin';

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Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning

Label: Music On Vinyl
Released: 2002
Track listing: Saturday Night; Intro From Blue Note Live At The Roxy; Black Byrd; I'm A Woman; The Beat Goes On; Serenade To A Savage; Desire On Fire; Deb Sombo; Elijah; Fever; Soul Cha; Sookie Sookie; Groovin' For Mr. G; Rose Rouge (Blaze Shelter Long Mix); London Lowdown (Sacred Rhythm Guitar Version); Sunday Morning; Smiling Faces Sometimes; Save The Children; I Love You; My Little Girl; Lush Life; Song For My Father; As; Groove; Move Your Hand; Goin' Down South; Ghana Spice Pt. 1; Afro Blue; Harlem River Drive; Book Of Slim; Music Is My Sanctuary;

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The Turbanator

Label: 32 Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Caravan, 2. Night Song, 3. Someday My Prince Will Come, 4. River Walk, 5. Monk Could Swing, 6. Cherokee, 7. Brushin' It


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